FILE – In this Jan 26, 2009 file photo, four of the six people known as the Beatrice Six, from left, James Dean, JoAnn Taylor, Thomas Winslow, and Debra Shelden, right, applaud during a reception in Lincoln, Neb. On Wednesday, July 6, 2016, a federal jury has awarded $28.1 million to the Beatrice Six, who were wrongfully convicted in an 1985 rape and slaying in southeast Nebraska. The jury’s verdict against Gage County and several of the officials who carried out the investigation.
More than 30 years ago, 68-year-old Helen Wilson was raped and murdered in the Nebraska town of Beatrice. On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit doled out a small measure of justice in a case where it’s been almost entirely lacking
June 12, 2018 at 03:20 PM
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Editor and columnist at The Litigation Daily
More than 30 years ago, 68-year-old Helen Wilson was raped and murdered in the Nebraska town of Beatrice.
On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit doled out a small measure of justice in a case where it’s been almost entirely lacking—one where the killer went free and six people spent a combined 70 years behind bars for a crime they didn’t commit.
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