Convicted Murderer Could Get New Trial

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ A Connecticut prosecutor has agreed to a new trial for a man whose conviction for a 1991 murder was recently put in doubt by DNA testing.
Hartford State’s Attorney Gail Hardy said Wednesday that a motion for a new trial by Alfred Swinton’s lawyers should be granted. A judge is scheduled to rule on the motion and whether to set bail for Swinton on Thursday.
Swinton was convicted in 2001 of murdering Carla Terry in Hartford a decade earlier and sentenced to 60 ye