Felony Friday - Lucky Break
🕑 Added 2020-12-31 02:18:52 +0000 UTCA 37-year-old Fresno, CA man is mistakenly set free by a confused jury during his 2014 burglary trial. After inadvertently presenting the judge with a not guilty verdict form, the court set into motion a series of events that would ultimately lead to the career criminal’s release that very evening. Within just one hour of receiving his newfound freedom - police were called to his mother’s home for a report of a dead body in the street.
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- Calif. Man Killed Within Hour Of Jury Error Mistakenly Freeing Him From Jail
- Bobby Lee Pearson homicide news conference
- Felon stabbed to death 1 hour after California jurors mistakenly release him
- Fresno man killed after being released from jail on a technicality
- Fresno murder suspect could claim self-defense
- Fresno jury's mistake means freedom for burglary defendant
- Double Jeopardy in California Criminal Law
- Man stabbed to death after being released from jail
- Bobby Pearson murder suspect in custody
- Bobby Lee Pearson, freed in jury mistake, killed
- Calif. Man Killed Within Hour Of Jury Error Mistakenly Freeing Him From Jail
- Fresno jury signs wrong form, frees career criminal
- CA Fire Camp Programs
- Mom of Fresno man mistakenly let out of jail & killed talks to ABC30
- Man freed by Fresno jury mistake killed hours later
- Out of jail by error, he’s killed in fight (The Sacramento Bee - Print Edition, 6/13/2014)
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Comments
Señor Spectre☠️🚬
Where did that happen in this story?
Kate
That is terrifying. 12 of your peers... In this case he got lucky but imagine jurors who are unsure and so they just decide on guilty better safe than sorry!?! That is so problematic. Truly shocking.
Isabella Perales
Seems like he had an apt with the grim reaper that he couldn’t miss 😳