Texas frees day care operator convicted of abusing children with satanic rituals [View all]
Source: Reuters
AUSTIN, Texas - Texas has released a woman who spent 21 years in jail on charges of sexually abusing children in satanic rituals at her day care facility, saying expert medical testimony that helped convict her was wrong.
Frances Keller, 63, was released on bond late Tuesday night and her husband, Dan Keller, who was convicted at the same time, will be released within a week in a deal reached with lawyers for the two, the Travis County district attorney's office said.
"There is a reasonable likelihood that (the medical expert's) false testimony affected the judgment of the jury and violated Frances Keller's right to a fair trial," Rosemary Lehmberg, the district attorney for Travis County, which is located in central Texas and includes the city of Austin, said in a statement.
The release comes on the heels of a similar move in San Antonio where prosecutors agreed this month to release three lesbian women imprisoned since 1998 on sexual assault convictions that critics say were based on junk science and false views on sexual orientation.
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