Aulander NewsLocal news for Aulander, NC continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Gell's suit gets a boost- December 5, 2007 "The state's two key witnesses, Crystal Morris and Shanna Hall, had on the eve of the first trial in 1998 recanted a key portion of their statements against Gell; that Gell had told them beforehand that he planned to rob and kill Jenkins" Even prison won't keep former death row inmate Alan Gell out of court. Gell, who was sentenced last week to five years in prison for having sex with a 15-year-old girlfriend, is set to go to federal court next ... via News Observerhttp://www.topix.net/city/aulander-nc/2007/12/gells-suit-gets-a-boost?fromrss=1 Lawsuit Says Prosecutors Threatened Witnesses With Murder Charges- December 4, 2007 Attorneys for an exonerated man who spent nine years in prison say the prosecution's key witnesses were threatened with first-degree murder charges when they considered changing their stories. via WITNhttp://www.topix.net/city/aulander-nc/2007/12/lawsuit-says-prosecutors-threatened-witnesse... Gell's fate- December 3, 2007 The sentence given to Alan Gell, and the intense pursuit of him by law enforcement, raise troubling issues Alan Gell broke the law, which he readily acknowledges. via News Observerhttp://www.topix.net/city/aulander-nc/2007/12/gells-fate?fromrss=1 |