Court overturns convictions of woman on Arizona death row
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PHOENIX -- A federal appeals court has reversed the convictions and sentences of a woman convicted of murdering her son in a notorious case that put her on Arizona's death row.
Debra Jean Milke has been on death row for over 22 years after being convicted of first-degree murder and other charges in the 1989 killing of her son Christopher.
Prosecutors said Milke dressed the 4-year-old in his favorite outfit and told him he was going to see Santa in December 1989.
Instead, he was taken into the desert by two men and shot three times in the back of the head.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling said prosecutors failed to disclose information about a history of misconduct by a detective who provided key incriminating testimony regarding Milke.
