James Harrison
Normally I probably would not put this blog together after doing my research but this case just seems too interesting not to tell even with all of the questions left. The problem with this case is that while there were several different appeals filed not all of them gave details of the crime itself that included the evidence against the defendant but most revolved around misconduct by the judge. At some point the Indiana Supreme Court threw out James Harrison's conviction and sentence. If there was a re-trial or a plea made it is unclear. What I can say is that in December of 1991 Harrison was sentenced to die and while some reports say he was later given a life sentence, according to the Indiana Department of Corrections he was given a sentence of ninety years and another sentence of sixty years. The Department of Corrections also states that James Harrison is now deceased. They list his “projected” release date as May 12, 2017. I have seen this before and this is genera...