Judge overturns murder conviction in 1994 slaying

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge on Friday overturned the murder conviction of a man who has spent 17 years behind bars for a killing outside a South L.A. brothel — a slaying that was prominently featured in a book about two LAPD homicide detectives.

The judge ordered that Obie Anthony, 37, be released from prison after concluding that the prosecution's key witness, a pimp, lied to the jury. The witness has since admitted he never clearly saw the gunman at the scene of the crime.

"When someone gets killed at a brothel, your witnesses aren't going to be priests and nuns," prosecutor Scott Collins said before Friday's hearing.   Read More

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