‘Haunting doubt? frees man in murder case

Published May 12, 2007 4:00am ET



Citing problems with cross-racial identification, a Baltimore City judge on Friday eliminated probation for a man convicted of murder in 1968.

Circuit Court Judge Gale Rasin released Walter Lomax, 59, from prison in December, and said Friday that “haunting doubt” remains about whether Lomax actually committed the crime, according to attorneys involved in the case.

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