COLUMBUS, Ohio — Prosecutors will not retry a central Ohio woman who spent 20 years in prison in the poisoning death of her husband before being released because a toxicologist lied when he testified in her case.
The case was dismissed by a Licking County judge on Thursday. The Columbus Dispatch reports that Prosecutor Kenneth Oswalt says there's not enough untainted evidence for a retrial.
Virginia LeFever was sentenced to life in prison in 1990. She was released in November after investigators found that Franklin County toxicologist James Ferguson had lied.
Ferguson testified he received a biochemistry degree from Ohio State in 1972, but records show he received it in 1988. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail for falsification in a related civil case.
The 59-year-old LeFever could be recharged if new evidence surfaces. She says her husband, William, committed suicide because the Newark couple was divorcing.
A compilation of daily news articles from around the United States about deaths (including both people and animals) that appear to occur in the context of a past or present intimate relationship, focusing on 2009-present. (NOTE: this blog is limited to incidents that appear in the media and are captured by our search terms. We recognize this is not an exhaustive portrayal of all deaths resulting from intimate violence.) When is society going to realize intimate violence makes victims of us all?
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