From AZCentral.com:
Harold Fish may get out of prison, but he can now be civilly sued (assuming any Statute of Limitations has not run out). Um, O.J. redux.
So, with a combination of the Appeals Court ruling and the new Self-Defense law, the prosecution doesn't feel they can get a conviction.County Attorney David Rozema ... said that decision and a new law on self-defense that retroactively applies to Fish's case played into his decision not to retry Fish. The new law shifts the burden of proof in self-defense claim cases from the defendant to the prosecutor.
"In a case like this one, where there is limited physical evidence and no eyewitnesses other than the defendant himself, a second prosecution under the new law is not appropriate," Rozema said Thursday in a statement.
Rozema said he would work with the defense to have Fish released from a state prison where he has been held since August 2006. An attorney for Fish, Lee Phillips, did not immediately return a message left Friday by The Associated Press.
Harold Fish may get out of prison, but he can now be civilly sued (assuming any Statute of Limitations has not run out). Um, O.J. redux.