The wrong man?

In the beginning of 2006, Scott County Sheriff Rick Walter reopened a case resolved by Missouri courts in 1994. Unconvinced the right man was sent to prison for the murder of a Benton, Mo., college student named Angela Mischelle Lawless, Walter has been investigating old evidence.

In less than two months, a judge will determine whether there is enough evidence to retry the case.

The Southeast Missourian recently published a three-part series detailing some of the questions that remain in the case. The links on this page will take you to those stories.