A san jose man has clear name this morning after spending 13 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. He was freed with some help from the Northern California Innocence Project. Abc7 News Reporter Katie Marzullo explains. Reporter these are photos of glen payne leaving the hall of justice on friday. He is surrounded by the attorneys and volunteers of the Northern California Innocence Project. This is the first case that in the California State Court has been reversed on the basis of microscopic hair comparison. Reporter payne was convicted of kidnapping and molesting a 2yearold neighbor girl in 1991. His conviction in large part due to expert testimony about two strands of hair. He made a Statistical Analysis as to how important that hair was. Then that number was used to argue that its so unlikely that that could happen that he must have been the perpetrator. Reporter the Innocence Project argued it was bad science. A judge dismissed all charges. It was really an honor to work o
Live, where you live, this is abc 7 news. These are good people, people that should be able to stay in this country. The immigrant community has become a bargaining chip for politicians. Theres concern over president trumps newest immigration preopposal. Good evening. Todays proposal includes a path to citizenship for those known as dreamers. The president wants other policies in return and that angers many. We are in the newsroom with the latest on this. Reporter some accuse the president of Holding Dreamers hostage in the proposal. And they hope its taken up before february 8th the next shut down deadline. We are in a period of high immigration. Reporter the professor had a lot of material for an immigration lecture with the World Affairs council after the white house proposed throwing a life line to the dreamers. It offers a path to citizenship to 1. 8 million undocumented young people. That is double the number currently protected by daca. These are good people, that should be able
Abc7 news was in walnut creek this afternoon while it was raining. Remember the rule of the road. If your windshield wipers are on, the lights should be on. But theres no law that says what color your umbrella should be. Any shade will do. We created at that time lapse video from our tower camera in south beach. Isnt that nice . It is. But look at the chanain chains. This is from the cal transcamera. And it snowed atop mt. They got a little snow. The National Weather service in the bay area tweeted this one. The observatory sits at elevation of 4200 hail pelted the historic flight deck of the uss hornet. This was shared on their facebook page. Many visitors today stayed out of the elements, staying dry inside the hornet instead. And danhis video. He says he heard thunder, too. To show us the weather where you live, add the abc 7 now. And make sure youre in a safe place when you do that, please. New developments after a twomonth investigation, the cdc says the recent e. Coli outbreak li
Shut down deadline. We are in a period of high immigration. Reporter the professor had a lot of material for an immigration lecture with the World Affairs council after the white house proposed throwing a life line to the dreamers. It offers a path to citizenship to 1. 8 million undocumented young people. That is double the number currently protected by daca. These are good people, that should be able to stay in the country. Its a move that could upset some in his own party n return, the president wants 25 billion for his border wall and major cuts to legal immigration. Families would only be allowed to sponsor spouses and minor children for citizenship. Parents and siblings would no longer be allowed. Its not a compromise, it seems to sabotage the effort to have legislation for dreamer. Continue fighting. Its not over. Reporter he said its a bad policy for thousands of clients he serves at canal alliance, a nonprofit immigration assistance center. The Immigration Community has become
Todays storm has brought downpours and hail mixed with sunshine. Spencer christian joins us with more. Weve seen a little bit of everything today. Heres a live look at doppler 7 to show you whats been happening. Widely scattered showers, light nligh lightning and thunder mixed in there, walnutsized hail in the afternoon hours, all throughout the afternoon, small peasized hail. Right now were looking at very widely scattered showers but the potential for some unusual weather occurrences. And the possibility of hailstones and high elevation snow. Heres a little animation starting at 7 00 this evening going into 10 00 tonight. We well see widely scattered showers. We could see snow mixing in. And then during the overnight hours the storm dissipates and gives way to mostly sunny skies to start the day tomorrow. Ill show you what will follow that in a few minutes. Abc7 news was in walnut creek this afternoon while it was raining. Remember the rule of the road. If your windshield wipers are