New trial set for man in Texas prison 30 years

BAY CITY, Texas (AP) — A judge on Wednesday set a Sept. 22 retrial for a man kept in a Texas prison for more than three decades since his murder conviction was overturned.

Jerry Hartfield, 58, was convicted in 1977 and sent to death row for the fatal beating of Eunice Lowe at the Bay City bus station where she worked as a ticket agent. His original conviction was overturned and his sentence commuted, but no action on a retrial ever was taken.