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Appeals court finds Fremont County judge wrongfully excluded evidence of prison culture from trial
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A Fremont County judge wrongly excluded expert testimony about prison culture from a criminal trial, including an inmate’s incentive not to “snitch,” the state’s Court of Appeals ruled last week. Because the testimony would have cast doubt on the defendant’s confession to possessing contraband in prison, the appellate court ordered a new trial for Jeremy…


