Except it is fanning the flames of doubt in the AmeriKan ju$tice $y$tem:
"Inmate in 1990 arson-murder case is freed" | Associated Press August 23, 2014
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A former New York businessman whose arson-murder conviction was overturned in the death of his daughter was freed from prison Friday after 24 years, following a judge’s ruling that the case against him was based on now-debunked arson science.
Han Tak Lee, 79, walked out of a federal courthouse in Harrisburg after a judge released him on unsecured bond and restricted his travel to New York, where he plans to live, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. An attorney said his first stop would be a medical and psychological checkup.
‘‘I’m finally free,’’ Lee told reporters and supporters, in comments translated by an interpreter. ‘‘It is difficult to think [of] all the past 25 years . . . of my life, even though I was innocent.’’
He thanked his legal team and supporters, saying he owed them ‘‘debts that cannot be repaid except by making the most of my renewed life.’’
Kyung Sohn, a longtime supporter who went with a pastor to pick Lee up from the maximum-security state prison at Houtzdale, Pa., and take him to the courthouse, said, ‘‘It is great news for everybody.’’
US District Judge William Nealon threw out Lee’s state conviction and sentence of life without parole this month and gave prosecutors 120 days to decide if they will retry him in the 1989 death of his daughter, 20-year-old Ji Yun Lee.
Prosecutors have conceded the arson science used to convict Lee was faulty but say that other evidence points to his guilt. A county prosecutor told US Magistrate Judge Martin Carlson that his office planned to seek a review, suggesting it may ask a federal appeals court to overturn the decision that released Lee.
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