Posted on 11/10/2013 6:35:46 PM PST by nickcarraway
A Los Angeles man who spent the last 34 years in jail for murder has finally walked free after the sisters of the case's sole witness said their sibling lied in court.
Kash Delano Register, 53, emerged from Twin Towers downtown jail on Friday afternoon, smiling and clasping his mother's hand. He said he couldn't be bitter, even after spending decades behind bars for a crime he didn't commit.
"I'm just in a numb feeling right now," Register told reporters outside the jail. "You know, it just hasn't really set in yet. I know it's real, but it just hasn't truly set in yet. It's a beautiful feeling, though."
Register has always maintained he did not kill Jack Sasson, 78, in the carport of Sasson's West Los Angeles home in April 1979. He was convicted primarily on the witness account of a neighbor and was sentenced to 27 years to life in prison.
Register was finally exculpated on Thursday after Superior Court Judge Katherine Mader ruled that prosecutors tried to hide evidence that could have proven Register's innocence and used false witness testimony.
The witness, Brenda Anderson, had changed her account numerous times since identifing Register, then 18, as the gunman, even though his girlfriend, who was pregnant at the time, testified that she was with him when the shooting took place.
Last month when Anderson was asked in court to confirm if Register was the shooter, she replied: "It may or may not have been that person."
No definitive physical evidence had been discovered to link Register with the shooting. The fingerprints found on Sasson's car did not match Register and police never found the murder weapon.
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My sister used to date a man named Russell Peter. He encouraged us to call him Rusty. He would say he was the only 6 foot tall rusty peter you’ll ever meet.
You didn’t grow up in Ga did you?
I might have some questions as to the liar’s motive.
“Wow, an innocent man spends 34 years in prison, all you “conservatives” can do is make fun of his name.”
What makes you think he’s innocent? There is a difference between “innocent”, and having a conviction overturned on technicalities.
Makes you wonder how many other innocent people are rotting away in prison. Probably not a high percentage, but US prosecutors are often corrupt or incompetent.
Nifong was the tip of the iceberg.
There are MANY innocent people in jail, but people are in denial.
Prosecutors care not if the person they convict is guilty or not. Prosecutors would have us believe that they care about convicting criminals for the good of the country etc,
truth is they only care about the win for themselves personally
Most prosecutors are the lowest scum on earth
LOL... there is beyond a reasonable doubt, there is guilty and there is not guilty.
You figure it out.
You either did it or you didn't, do you see an inbetween?
Bump to your post!
Got a co-worker named Frank F Yu. First time I got an email from him, I thought it was a joke.
I'd love to be on the jury when he sues the county. There ain't enough money to set this right!
I had a friend in school whose name was Steve Hunt. His brother’s name was MIKE.
There were two sisters from India in the shipping department of a company I worked for. Their names were Mona and Scareema. I’m not kidding. I was the only one of about 60 people who worked there who thought it was funny.
We disgust you thoroughly and found you thoroughly disgusting.
You people disgust me.
Do you have proof that he is innocent?
still laughing at the first one.....Hi, I’m Dick Head..LOL
Thats why I changed my mind on death penaltys. Prosecutors are just politicans...
Too little info here. Did they just pick the guy up on the street and ask her “Is this the guy?”.
I knew a guy named Wayne Dwaps.
Reminds me of a guy I knew named Haywood Jablomi.
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