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Group at KU agrees to review case of Lawrence man convicted in deadly fire at Boardwalk Apartments
Publication date: Sept. 6, 2011
Source: Lawrence Journal-World
Author: Shaun Hittle
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The Lawrence-Journal World quoted Alice White, a University of Kansas staff attorney for the Project for Innocence and Post-Conviction Remedies, in a story about the group's decision to review the case of a Lawrence man serving 10 years for manslaughter.
The Lawrence-Journal World wrote:
Alice White, attorney for the Project for Innocence, said her office was contacted by someone who knew Rose, asking the group to take a look at Rose’s legal case.
After a preliminary review, White said she was concerned about some aspects of Rose’s appeal, as well as the overall investigation of the case.
“We’d just like to review it,” she said.
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There’s a chance that no more options for appeal are available, White said. A Kansas Appeals Court denied an appeal filed by one of Rose’s court-appointed attorneys, Kari Nelson, in March 2010. Rose then had a year’s window to file an appeal in the federal courts, but did not do so. That could mean there isn’t any legal avenue to keep case the alive, White said.
“We need to figure out how to get it back in court,” she said.