ST LOUIS: A former US death row inmate whose conviction in the rape and killing of two sisters was overturned, admitted to the crimes Monday after decades of denial and was resentenced. The sisters were thrown off a well-known St Louis bridge that was a historic part of the famed Route 66, according to authorities. Clemons had served 22 years on death row, with supporters rallying to his cause, saying his initial trial had not been fair. His sentence was overturned in 2015 on the grounds that police beat him into confessing and hid some evidence. St Louis prosecutor Jennifer Joyce, who made the decision to retry Clemons, said many were taken in by his years of "false claims of innocence."

Source: The Star December 19, 2017 01:41 UTC