After 42 Years in Jail, Deadly Fire Conviction Overturned

Name: After 42 Years in Jail, Deadly Fire Conviction Overturned
Uploaded: 2013-04-04T00:12:46Z
Duration: P447S
Description: Louis Taylor was a teenager when he was convicted of murder for supposedly starting a fire that killed 29 people. Now 58, Taylor has been released from an Arizona prison after new information cast doubt on the evidence he committed arson. Judy Woodruff talks to Richard Ruelas of the Arizona Republic, who was in the courtroom.

Clip: 04/03/2013 | 7m 27s

Louis Taylor was a teenager when he was convicted of murder for supposedly starting a fire that killed 29 people. Now 58, Taylor has been released from an Arizona prison after new information cast doubt on the evidence he committed arson. Judy Woodruff talks to Richard Ruelas of the Arizona Republic, who was in the courtroom.

Aired: 04/03/13

Rating: NR

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