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DENNIS v. WETZEL

Civil Action No. 11-1660.

966 F.Supp.2d 489 (2013)

James A. DENNIS, Petitioner, v. John E. WETZEL, et al., Respondents.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

August 21, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy L. Rohe, James W. Cooper, Meghan Martin, Rebecca Gordon, Ryan D. Guilds, Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, DC, Melanie Gavisk, Federal Public Defender, Las Vegas, NV, Stuart B. Lev, Defender Association of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, for Petitioner.

Ryan Dunlavey, Phila District Attorney, Thomas W. Dolgenos, District Attorneys' Office, Philadelphia, PA, for Respondents.

MEMORANDUM

ANITA B. BRODY, District Judge.

James Dennis, the petitioner, was wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to die for a crime in all probability he did not commit. I will grant Dennis' habeas petition, vacate his conviction and death sentence, and require the Commonwealth to retry Dennis within 180 days or let him free.

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In this habeas petition brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C...

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