A father who was granted a new trial last year after being convicted of third-degree murder in the death of his 23-month-old daughter in Uniontown has pleaded guilty to lesser charges and is now free after being sentenced to time served. Michael Lynn Wright Jr., 40, pleaded guilty last month in Fayette County Court of […]
A Uniontown man convicted in 2019 of third-degree murder in the death of his 23-month-old daughter will remain behind bars while awaiting his retrial. Fayette County Judge Linda Cordaro denied nominal bond Thursday for Michael Lynn Wright Jr., 40. His attorney, Jeremy Benjamin Cooper, argued that Wright was granted a new trial in August, and […]
A Fayette County judge granted a new trial for a Uniontown father convicted of third-degree murder in his 23-month-old daughter’s death after updated medical determinations showed the child weighed more