Court Rejects Reynold Moore's Bid For New Trial - Finds Alleged "New" Evidence Not Credible
A Wisconsin judge has rejected Reynold Moore's request for a new trial according to the Green Bay Press Gazette. Moore was one of six men convicted in 1995 of killing a co-worker. Moore's attorneys from the Wisconsin Innocence Project claimed there was "new" evidence - but this alleged "new" evidence turned out to be testimony from a prison inmate who now claimed that Moore had actually tried to prevent the group beating. This same prisoner had testified at trial that Moore admitted to him in jail that he participated in the killing. In rejecting this "new" evidence retired reserve Judge James Bayorgeon stated "It might be said that this testimony and recollections are strongly influenced by wind direction." Judge Bayorgeon further ruled that even without the prisoner's testimony a jury would have likely convicted Moore.
