I whiffed on noticing this story, but apparently last week an effort to see Michael George acquitted and have a new trial ordered on his behalf crashed and burned via a judge's denial of the motion. A former prominent comics retailer and convention organizer, George was convicted of crimes related to the murder of his then-wife Barbara in a Michigan comics store. George was famously brought back to trial on cold case work (as opposed to new physical evidence being found), was convicted, had that conviction overturned due to malfeasance from the prosecutor's side of things, was tried again, was convicted again, and is now in the process of trying to find a way to strike that decision down. Last week's decision was a big blow to those efforts, and suggests that a repeat of pointing out some sort of misconduct in the legal actions taken against George might not be enough to secure the desired results.
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