Attorneys lambast DA’s decision to retry Rickie Slaughter, question conflict of interest

Attorneys are challenging the district attorney's decision to retry Rickie Slaughter, citing a conflict of interest and previous prosecutorial misconduct. Slaughter remains incarcerated while awaiting a new trial date.
More than six months after Rickie Slaughter’s conviction was vacated by a district court judge after finding prosecutors withheld evidence in his case, he is still incarcerated at High Desert State Prison. Attorneys and local organizers are fighting for Slaughter to be released from prison as he awaits for a newly set trial date in […]
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