A former Nevada woman suing for compensation after spending more than three decades in prison for a murder she didn't commit won't have to travel back to Reno to give her formal deposition.
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A federal judge in Nevada is appealing to lawyers on both sides to try to settle out of court a civil lawsuit filed by a former Reno woman who spent 35 years in prison for a murder she didn't commit.
(AP) - A lawyer for a 67-year-old woman imprisoned 35 years for a Reno murder she didn't commit says authorities in Nevada and Louisiana who helped convict her now are doing everything they can now to keep her from getting the compensation she deserves. Cathy Woods was freed last year after new DNA evidence exonerated her in the 1976 killing. Her attorney, Elizabeth Wang, filed suit in Reno in August seeking unspecified damages from those she accuses of coercing a false confession f...
Washoe County Commissioners have agreed to pay Cathy Woods $3 million as compensation for wrongfully imprisoning her for 35 years.
The murder charge against Cathy Woods stemming from the 1976 murder of 19-year-old Michelle Mitchell was dismissed Friday by the Washoe County District Attorney's Office after an extensive review of the case including the discovery of DNA evidence.
Prosecutors in Reno are ready to announce whether they'll go forward with the retrial of a woman who was ordered set free in September after spending more than 30 years in Nevada prisons for a murder she may not have committed.
A Nevada judge has ordered a new trial for a 64-year-old woman who has been in prison for more than 30 years for a killing she says she didn't commit.
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.
A Nevada judge considering a new trial for a woman who's served more than 30 years in prison for a murder she says she didn't commit has postponed his decision after her lawyers said they have additional, new DNA evidence they believe will prove her innocence.
Public defenders are trying to get a new trial for 64-year-old Cathy Woods convicted of killing a nursing student in the 1970s. The victim was one of six women killed in the Bay Area's ‘Gypsy Hill' murders.