Levy's (left) disappearance gathered national attention after she was romantically linked to California congressman Gary Condit (center)
Posted on 05/23/2015 7:52:53 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
A man convicted of killing Washington DC intern Chandra Levy fourteen years ago is expected to get a new trial after government attorneys on Friday said the 'interests of justice' would best be served by one.
On Friday, after more than a year of sporadic hearings and legal wrangling, government attorneys made a stunning legal decision and withdrew their opposition to a new trial for El Salvador native Ingmar Guandique, 33.
In a four-page motion, they told a judge they were preparing to retry him after doubts have emerged about the testimony of his one-time cellmate.
Guandique's attorneys had previously asked a judge to grant him a new trial because they said the key witness in the case, Armando Morales, gave false or misleading testimony during his 2010 trial.....
....Levy's mother, Susan Levy, said in a telephone interview that she has always had some questions about whether Guandique killed her daughter, though her husband is '100 percent' convinced.....
Levy's (left) disappearance gathered national attention after she was romantically linked to California congressman Gary Condit (center)
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
It’s a sad state when courts cannot rely on the testimony of jailhouse snitches.
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