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RogueOne12/04/2011 5:24:52 am PST

Dogs’ Evidence Stands as Woman Waits in Jail
nytimes.com

Ms. Winfrey; her brother, Richard Winfrey Jr.; and their father were charged with conspiring to murder and rob Murray Burr, a longtime custodial worker at the high school the Winfreys attended.

Both the father and the son are free after courts decided the state’s key evidence — obtained in scent lineups — was not enough to establish their guilt. Ms. Winfrey remains in a Gatesville prison despite the fact that her conviction hinged largely on the same dog-sniffing evidence.

If you haven’t, read the whole thing. The whole story is too stupid to paraphrase.