Montana Innocence Project
Missoula County Attorney Kirsten Pabst announced Tuesday that she filed a motion to dismiss the case against Cody Marble, who was sent to prison for raping a 13-year-old boy while they were in custody at the Missoula County jail in 2002. In August, the Montana Supreme Court sent the case back to Missoula County District Court to re-examine Judge Douglas Harkin’s decision to deny Marble a new trial.
“It’s never too late to do the right thing,” Pabst said during a news conference Tuesday. She said since Marble’s conviction, at least three of the witnesses including his victim had recanted their statements. In multiple interviews with law enforcement and jail staff, Pabst said the officers believed Marble had been set up by other inmates and “railroaded.” Read more.
The post Missoula County Attorney Moves To Dismiss Case Against Montana IP Client Cody Marble appeared first on The Innocence Network.