District Judge Douglas Herndon upheld his decision to dismiss murder charges against Death Row inmate Paul Browning. That decision came five months after an opinion from the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals found “a mixture of disturbing prosecutorial misconduct and woefully inadequate assistance of counsel” led to “extreme malfunctions” at Browning’s trial.
Jaiden Caruso and Kody Harlan were convicted of first-degree murder Wednesday in the shooting death of Silverado High School student Matthew Minkler.