LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón’s office is seeking Wednesday the exoneration of two people who have served more than 17 years behind bars for a 2007 murder in East Hollywood that he says they did not commit.
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge William Ryan did not immediately rule on the prosecution’s request Tuesday, instead ordering attorneys to return to the downtown Los Angeles courtroom Nov. 1 after the prosecutor who handled the trial of Charlotte Pleytez and Lombardo Palacios said he wants to provide more information to the judge.
Tom Trainor, the head of the District Attorney’s Conviction Integrity Unit, said during the brief hearing that he feels “very confident” in the most recent analysis by the District Attorney’s Office of the case….