21-03-2019 16:28 via kvoa.com

Prosecutors: Clear dead serial rapist of 1983 Florida murder

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida prosecutors want a deceased serial rapist cleared of a 1983 murder, saying DNA evidence shows the killer was actually a man executed for a similar murder.
Broward County prosecutors asked a judge Thursday to dismiss Ronald Stewart’s 1985 conviction for the murder of 20-year-old Regina Harrison. They say the real killer was Jack Jones, who was executed in 2017 for a 1995 Arkansas murder. Jones also pleaded guilty to a 1991 Fort Lauderdale murder.
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