New Trials Granted For MD Prison Inmates Convicted Before 1980

Karen Wilson was just 13 years old in 1969 when her father Gene was murdered.

Wilson says her family found a sense of security when the man who stabbed her dad 30 times was finally sentenced to a life term, plus 20 years. She thought he would be locked up forever.

But last month, she got a call she will never forget. Her father’s killer would soon be free because of a recent court ruling.

“I’ve had to relive my father’s death all over again,” she says. “I’ve gone through the grieving process. Re-victimized is the word.”
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