Michael George To Receive New Trial

Michael George, the prominent Pennsylvania comic book retailer and convention organizer convicted of the 1990 slaying of his then-wife Barbara in their Michigan comic book store, will receive a new trial. The decision was made by the presiding judge after evidence of a possibility surfaced that information about a possible alternative suspect could have been entered into evidence through the calling of that person's ex-wife; the decision counted on the judge deciding this could have made a difference were it a bench trial.

Because of the nature of that potential new evidence, it also could be argued that Judge James Biernat Sr. was in effect making through his judgment an appraisal of the nature of the conviction and its relative solidity. Some had criticized the original conviction as based mostly on circumstantial evidence.

George had been sentenced to life in prison in June.
 
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