Texas Appeals Court Overturns Man’s 1998 Murder Conviction

FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The highest criminal court in the state has overturned the murder conviction of a North Texas man who spent 19 years in prison for the stabbing death of a friend.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has overturned the conviction of 44-year-old John Earl Nolley.
In May of 2016 Nolley was freed, but not exonerated,after a witness admitted he lied and a bloody palm print at the crime scene was linked to another person.
Nolley had been sentenced in 1998 to life in