williams who is back. defendant colin warren is seen leaving the courthouse an hour ago. he and two other roommates charged with put a bicycle lock around his neck and hanging a confederate flag in the dorm room. first we hear from the district attorney. you have to prove what was going on in someone s mind when they were committing a certain act, so i think there s always difficulties with it, but we believe the evidence very strongly supported that these acts were motivated in whole and in part by bigotry. i m hesitant to say anything because as you all know, there s a $5 million lawsuit. it is pending against my client. the others, and the university. so for those reasons, i m not going to comment further. reporter: here are d.j. williams and his father outside the courthouse. they did not make any comments about the jury s verdicts. the defendants will be back in court next month for sentencing. their battery conviction carries a potential jail time of up to six mon
jones. he s awake now. when did your dad wake snup. saturday morning. what did he say? glad you re here. don t leave me again. luther jones was just another inmate just weeks ago, serving 27 years for a child abuse conviction in which he maintained innocence, last week, the then 10-year-old recanted her testimony, his release is fast tracked. sending an innocent person to prison is probably a deputy da s biggest year. but his trouble dz not end. he d been in the hospital when released. the state drove him back to lake county in an ambulance. before the next morning he lost consciousness. they told me he was sick and different ailments. they didn t tell me the severity of it. attorney angela carter. there is a continuum of care at that time prison system is responsible for and luther was released to the care and custody of his adult son. he had one night with his family. the next day, he is unresponsive and taken to the hospital by ambulance. reporter: lu
dialysis. did they say he needed to be in the hospital? no. he did not regain kons shusness until saturday. his family has no money to pay the bills, and the state does owe $140 for every day of the 18 years while wrongfully imprisoned. attorney angela carter hopes that money comes fast. to me, fast would be as soon as the claim is filed. reporter: there could be a civil case based on how the california department of corrections handled his release. i was put by the gate, and left and almost died. reporter: luther jones is heading tomorrow tonight to kelseyville, hopefully, will be able to stay in the home for a while. the woman who forced her 10-year-old to testify against him, the district attorney is considering charging her with a felony. white powder led to a series of events that led to people being quarantined. two other people got sick, and hazardous materials experts later gave the all clear. all lanes of eastbound 580 reopened following a deadly ac
broadcast center, this is abc7 news. first on abc7 news, a bay area woman goes missing. a headless torso surfaces along an east bay pier and the missing woman s husband jumps off the bay bridge. fremont police say these three events may be connected. good evening. i m dan ashley. i m ama daetz. as we were first to report, fremont police spent the day at the brisbane home of the woman who disappeared. this happened hours after her husband jumped off the bay bridge. lilian kim is live in brisbane with the latest on this very strange story. lilian? reporter: dan and ama, this is where shelly lived with her husband. a relationship that neighbors say was a volatile one. when 50-year-old shelly was reported missing a week and a half ago her husband, paul, lead efforts to find her. but tuesday night he committed suicide. he jumped off the bay bridge. turns out he was a person of interest in his wife s disappearance and they want to know if the female torso found near the pie
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