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Gallery: Conviction of Tanya Harden overturned
Curtis Johnson/The Herald-Dispatch Murder defendant Tanya Harden looks toward her attorney as her 11-year-old son, Brytain, testifies on the state's behalf Tuesday, May 8, 2007, in Cabell Circuit Court.
The state Supreme Court of Appeals has overturned a May 2007 conviction, which sentenced a battered mother to life in prison. The court’s 4-1 opinion remands the case of Tanya Harden back to Cabell Circuit Judge Alfred Ferguson. It orders an immediate acquittal and release.
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