NY public defender challenges 1995 kidnap verdict

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OSWEGO, N.Y. (AP) — A federal public defender filed papers Wednesday seeking to overturn a man’s 1995 kidnapping conviction in connection with the disappearance of a teenage convenience store clerk.

The move by Lisa Peebles came after the discovery of new evidence regarding 18-year-old Heidi Allen, who disappeared from her job on Easter Sunday 1994.

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