In 1995, they succeeded in getting the original conviction overturned.
And through all of it, everything he'd seen reinforced his original conviction that the Western way wasn't such a bad way to live.
Worse, C3 tends to start from the premise that original convictions were correct.
The original convictions, of five black and Hispanic teenagers, hinged on their confessions.
The lower Appeals Court's ruling was overturned and the original conviction stood.
Is there any chance, however faint, of overturning the original conviction?
The same court had overturned his original conviction in December 2006, citing lack of evidence.
Legal experts said they were somewhat surprised by the decision because the original conviction had been so prominent.
The Court of Appeal decided that her original conviction was wrong.
The original conviction for attempted murder was upheld in an unsuccessful appeal.