Public Interest
Oct. 6, 2011
A tip to students led to inmate's release
Law students at Santa Clara and Loyola law schools who run two innocence projects won the release of a convicted murderer this week after 3 years of work by more than a dozen law students.
By Ciaran McEvoy
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The tip that ultimately sprung a convicted murderer from prison this week came three years ago.
Law students and professors who run innocence projects at Santa Clara and Loyola law schools got the tip from a San Diego criminal defense attorney who had just freed Reggie Cole, a man convicted of a 1994 murder.
With his help, the students could free Obie Anthony, Cole's co-defendant, the l...
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