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Is Adam Braseel serving life for another man's crime?

The state Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the decision and took that freedom back. The case has divided this small Southeast Tennessee community on the Cumberland Plateau and raised questions about the accuracy of eyewitness testimony and just what issues qualify as fair game under Tennessee's appeals process. The officer who signed the arrest warrant says he has no regrets. Not a single piece of physical evidence linked Braseel to the crime scene + no fingerprints, no DNA, no blood, hair or clothing fibers. "Two eyewitnesses clearly identified him," said Steve Strain, the assistant 12th Judicial District attorney general who handled the trial. A friend testified he saw Braseel walk through his door minutes after the killing — calm, clean and composed as far as he could tell. Memories have faded, and contemporary police and court records leave a spotty paper trail littered with contradictions, omissions and unanswered questions. Burrows had sent him back for starter fluid — right there under the kitchen sink, he said. Officers didn't begin searching for Burrows until West realized the missing Chrysler was the one he'd driven past on the roadside. Braden repeated her story and described seeing the attacker drive away in a gold or tan car, maybe a Nissan or Honda. Grundy County Sheriff's Office Sgt.

 

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