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Paul House Remains in State Custody

By Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing

Today, Judge Harry S. Mattice ordered the state of Tennessee to move forward with the retrial of Paul House by June 17 or House will be released. However, this order only means that the state must show that they are preparing for a retrial by this date and does not mean that a jury must be seated. A detention hearing is scheduled for June 6 to set bail for House, who will be charged again with the first degree murder of Carolyn Muncey in Union County. House's attorney, Stephen Kissinger, eloquently argued that the state should be barred from re-trying the case because of the state's deliberate lack of compliance in commencing with a re-trial in the 180 day period set by the Judge in his ruling on December 20, 2007. During the 180 day period, the state made no effort to appoint Mr...continue to full post

Full post as published by tcask:: on the road (to abolition) on May 28, 2008 (boomark / email).