Judge sets aside verdict and sentence in 2006 murder conviction

After 23 years in custody, a judge just set aside the verdict and sentence in the second-degree murder conviction that sent 63-year-old Jeffrey Abramowski to prison for life.

State Attorney William Scheiner did not oppose the motion.

He said in court today, “Nothing would be worse than convicting the wrong person. Nothing would be worse for family than to have the murderer of their loved one out free and the wrong person behind bars. In 2006, Abramowski was found guilty of the May 19, 2002, murder of a friend, Cortney Crandall. The elderly man was bludgeoned to death.”…

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