Antoine Jones has been in federal custody since late 2005, when the authorities picked him up on charges that he participated in a large-scale cocaine distribution ring in the Washington metropolitan area.
In the seven-plus years since his arrest, Jones has dealt with his share of lawyersfrom his first two trials to the appellate level to the U.S. Supreme Court. Last January, the high court, in a landmark decision, concluded that his conviction and life sentence couldn’t stand based on police violations of his Fourth Amendment rights.
