Dorotik spent 20 years in prison before being released in April 2020, as her lawyers successfully argued the then-73-year-old was at risk of contracting the coronavirus then racing through the state prison system. Her bid for a new trial was based on new evidence developed by a team of lawyers at the Loyola Law School Project for the Innocent, which took on her case in 2015.
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Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
‘It’s Finally Over.’ San Diego D.A. Drops 22-Year-Old Murder Case Against Jane Dorotik