Criminal
Nov. 21, 2014
Judge reverses longest wrongful conviction in state
Michael Hanline, sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in 1980 for murdering a man, is set to be released Monday.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Michael Hanline, sentenced to life in prison in 1980 for murdering a man, had already sat behind bars for some 20 years before he picked up his pen to write to the newly launched California Innocence Project. He was wrongfully accused, he said. Others are responsible.
The advocacy organization took on his case, and years of legal battles followed. On Monday, 36 years after Hanline was locked away,...
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