CHRISTIAN COUNTY, Mo — 47-year-old James Deckard has been indicted by a grand jury for a three-decade-old cold case out of Christian County. Now he awaits a court hearing on Tuesday, August 11.
Ozarks First spoke with a Springfield attorney, who explained the difference between Deckard’s indictment and a standard charge.
Adam Woody, a local attorney, emphasized that only the prosecutor’s side of a case is presented to a grand jury…