By Jennifer Harr, Herald-Standard
A Fayette County judge on Wednesday permitted DNA testing on evidence in a 1982 Hopwood murder.
Judge Steve P. Leskinen ordered prosecutors to submit four different pieces of evidence for DNA analysis.
The pieces of evidence are from a bloody crime scene at the former Hopwood Associated Hardware Store on Jan. 6, 1982, where store clerk Harry Frankhouser, …
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Judge approves DNA testing in 1982 slaying case
October 11, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Convicted killer says DNA exonerates him
October 10, 2007 By Leave a Comment
By Mary Pickels, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
A Fayette County man sentenced to life in prison after his conviction in the 1982 beating death of a North Union store clerk is seeking a new trial based on DNA testing.
Charles M. Adams, 58, who is in SCI-Fayette, filed an appeal under the Post Conviction Relief Act. He will appear before Common Pleas Judge Steve P. Leskinen this …
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