motorist with a faulty taillight go in exchange for sex, then lied to his superiors about it. the judge determined this would likely have cast doubt on detective saldate s credibility and may have influenced the verdict. it s still a fact that she was convicted of the murder of her four-year-old son. on friday, september 6, 23 years after she was sent to death row, debra milky walked out of prison a free woman. for now. she was finally able to hug her mother for the first time in more than 20 years. now 49, milky is preparing for yet another trial, but this time around things may be different. a judge will soon decide if her alleged confession is even admissible in court and detective saldate? he may ask for immunity and not testify. they don t have saldate to testify and if they don t have a confession this case has to be dismissed? which means debra milky may
knew about the detective s history of misconduct, disciplinary action and lying. the judge cited eight cases where confessions, indictments or convictions were tossed out or set aside because saldonte had either lied under oath or violated constitutional rights. in one case, saldonte lead a motorist with a faulty taillight go in exchange for sex and lied to superiors about it. the judge determined this would likely have cast doubt on detective saldonte credibility and may have influenced the verdict. it was still a fact she was convicted of the murder of her 4-year-old son. reporter: on friday, september 6th, 23 years after sent to death row debra milke walked out of prison a free woman for now. she was finally able to hug her mother for the first time in more than 20 years. now 49, milke is preparing for yet, another trial, but this time around, things may be different. a judge will soon decide if her
linking her to the crime. the judge found prosecutors failed to disclose what they knew about the detectives history of misconduct, disciplinary action and lying. the judge sited eight cases where confessions, indictments or convictions were tossed out or set aside because he had either lied under oath or violated constitutional rights. in one case, he lead a motorist with a faulty taillight go in exchange for sex and lied to superiors about it. the judge determined this would likely have cast doubt on detective s credibility and may have influenced the verdict. it was still a fact she was convicted of the murder of her 4-year-old son. reporter: on friday, september 6 tth, 23 years after sent to death row debra milky walked out of prison a free woman for now. she was finally able to hug her mother for the first time in more than 20 years.