A judge in Reno is getting ready to decide whether to grant a new trial for a woman who's been in prison more than 30 years for a murder she says she didn't commit.
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Washoe District Judge Patrick Flanagan scheduled a hearing Monday to hear from lawyers for Cathy Woods who say new DNA evidence proves she was innocent in the 1976 slaying of Michelle Mitchell at the University of Nevada, Reno.
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It's not clear if Flanagan will make an immediate ruling from the bench after the hearing scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m.
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Woods had been committed to a mental hospital when she initially confessed to killing Mitchell, but later recanted.
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The FBI says new evidence connects Mitchell's death to unsolved killings of five California women during the 1970s. (AP)
