A judge vacated the convictions of two men accused of killing Deborah Meindl in her Tonawanda, N.Y., home. On Friday, the district attorney began trying to convict them once more.
Source: New York Times
32 Years After a Brutal Murder, a Man Is on Trial. Again.
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