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Death row inmate sentenced for young girl’s death set free

Kiera Riley Arizona Capitol Times//June 15, 2023//

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Death row inmate sentenced for young girl’s death set free

Maricopa County Durango Jail in South Phoenix is a possible site for a re-entry center for recently released prisoners and an employment center for incarcerated prisoners. (Photo by Paulina Pineda/Arizona Capitol Times)

A man who was on death row, despite the existence of exculpatory evidence, walked free today after 29 years behind bars. Barry Jones was sentenced to death in 1995 after his girlfriend’s four-year-old daughter, Rachel Gray, died of an abdominal injury. Jones was convicted of first-degree murder, sexual assault and child abuse. (Photo by Paulina Pineda/Arizona Capitol Times)

Death row inmate sentenced for young girl’s death set free

Kiera Riley Arizona Capitol Times//June 15, 2023//

A man who sat on death row, despite the existence of exculpatory evidence, walked free today after 29 years behind bars.   Barry Jones was sentenced to death in 1995 after...

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