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  • Murder counts tossed in Texas yogurt shop slayings

    10/28/2009 2:13:41 PM PDT · by Responsibility2nd · 17 replies · 1,040+ views
    Breitbart ^ | 10/28/2009 | JIM VERTUNO
    AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A judge on Wednesday dismissed murder charges against two men awaiting retrial in the 1991 slayings of four teens at an Austin yogurt shop, after prosecutors admitted they weren't ready to take the case to a jury. Robert Springsteen was sent to death row in 2001 after he was convicted in capital murder slaying of one of the girls. Michael Scott had been convicted in her death previously and sentenced to life in prison. Both convictions were overturned when the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals said Springsteen and Scott were unfairly denied the chance to cross-examine...