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State appeals ruling that cleared Debra Brown

Last updated Wednesday, February 22, 2012 - 4:04pm

SALT LAKE CITY — State lawyers appealed a ruling that exonerated a Utah woman after she served 17 years in prison for the murder of a Logan man.

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(LYNN DeBRUIN/The Associated Press) The recently freed Debra Brown (right) and daughter Alana Williams speak to the media Wednesday in Salt Lake City. The Utah Attorney General’s Office is appealing the ruling that released Brown from prison after 17 years.

Debra Brown begins adventure she'd rather not face

Jesus Lopez Jr. Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Wednesday, June 1, 2011 - 11:45pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- Sitting next to her daughter, Debra Brown shared her joy Wednesday at finally being free and her dismay that her freedom might be snatched away again.

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Utah woman imprisoned 17 years savoring freedom

The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, June 1, 2011 - 1:54pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- A Utah woman who spent 17 years in prison for a 1993 murder says her first few weeks of freedom have her feeling like an adult infant adjusting to a modern world.

Debra Brown in May became the first inmate exonerated under a 2008 Utah law allowing convictions to be overturned based on new factual, instead of scientific, evidence.

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(MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner) Debra Brown speaks to the media as her attorney Alan Sullivan stands with her after she was released from Utah State Prison on May 9. Brown was release after serving 17 years in prison when a 2nd District Court judge overturned her conviction.

Brown’s family uncomfortable with appeal decision, promises

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 11:32pm

OGDEN — Family members of Debra Brown say they are astounded the Utah Attorney General’s Office has decided after all to appeal her exoneration for a 1993 murder.

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(KRISTIN HEINICHEN/Standard-Examiner) During a news conference at the state Capitol in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Laura Dupaix, chief of the Criminal Appeals Division, answers questions following an announcement that an appeal is needed in the Debra Brown case, which was Utah’s first factual innocence case.

Innocence center blasts attorney general's office over appeal

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 11:31pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- The Utah Attorney General's Office formally announced Thursday morning it is appealing the Debra Brown case after all, saying an Ogden judge was wrong to free her after her conviction for a 1993 murder.

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Weber County Attorney Dee Smith passes on signing appeal letter

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 11:01pm

OGDEN — At its Thursday news conference, the Utah Attorney General’s Office released a letter signed by 26 of Utah’s 29 county attorneys in support of the office’s appeal of Debra Brown’s exoneration for a 1993 murder. Missing among the 26 signatures was that of Weber County Attorney Dee Smith.

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Utah AG discusses flip-flop on Brown appeal

Lynn DeBruin, The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 5:14pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff was in a hospital room being treated for cancer when he let emotions take over and vowed not to appeal the exoneration of an inmate serving a life sentence for a 1993 murder.

Defense attorneys, however, called Shurtleff's flip-flop on Thursday a "tragic case of sour grapes" and insisted they would prevail when the case against Debra Brown is reviewed by the Utah Supreme Court.

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Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff answers questions following an announcement that an appeal is needed in the Debra Brown case in regards to Utah's first factual innocence case during a press conference at the State Capitol building in Salt Lake City, Thursday, May 26, 2011.
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Attorney general to appeal Brown case after all

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 12:13pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- The Utah Attorney General's Office has decided it is appealing the Debra Brown case after all, claiming an Ogden judge was wrong in exonerating her for a 1993 murder.

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Debra Brown greets friends and family after being released from the Utah State Prison Monday, May 9, 2011. Brown was release after serving 17 years in prison when a Second District Court judge overturned her conviction. (Matthew Arden Hatfield/Standard-Examiner)

Debra Brown freed from prison - 05/09/11

Matthew Arden Hatfield, Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Monday, May 9, 2011 - 4:31pm

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Debra Brown free from prison for belated Mother's Day

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Monday, May 9, 2011 - 11:39pm

POINT OF THE MOUNTAIN — Debra Brown left Utah State Prison in a motorcade of family and lawyers Monday afternoon, freed after more than 15 years inside.

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