After 35 years of incarceration, 29 of which were spent on death row, March 9, 60-year-old Pau Childwin were released from the detention center Hernando County in Brooksville, Florida.
Hilduin was convicted of first-degree murder of 42-year-old Bronzetti coke in 1985.
The naked body of the victim was found in the trunk of her own car in the forest. She was strangled with a t-shirt, and the investigators believed that she was raped. Have Hildwine the investigation was discovered things (ring and radio), owned by coke, and it was proved that he forged and cashed a check for $ 75 from her checkbook.
Childwin claimed that Cox and her boyfriend William Haverty agreed to drive his car because his car ran out of gas. On the way, a couple were arguing. Pau robbed them while they were fighting and not looking at him.
Hildwin was wrongfully convicted after a serology expert claimed body fluids (semen and saliva) found at the crime scene matched his. They were wrong. This error was discovered in 2003! Paul Hildwin Set Free After 35-Year Struggle for Justice https://t.co/zGZ4NYv5QQ
— Rodney Reed (@FreeRodneyReed) March 9, 2020
Hilduin was wrongfully convicted after serological expert said that the body fluid (semen and saliva) found at the crime scene, match it to the samples. But he was wrong.
An error was discovered in 2014 after re-examination using modern methods.
It is proved that biological material found at the crime scene, belonged to the boyfriend of the murdered William Haverty, which by that time had already served 20 years in prison for sex crimes related to children. It is reported KTVU.
That was enough for the Supreme court of Florida to cancel a sentence and to assign a new trial. But multiple delays caused by changes in the legal team Hildwine, as well as his own health problems (the man four times survived cancer while in custody), led to the fact that during that time it was still almost 6 years.
Death row inmate Paul Hildwin wrongly convicted, walks free after 35 years https://t.co/97eKA30gVP via @nypost
— hootaheetahotta (@hootaheetahotta) March 11, 2020
In anticipation of a re-trial in which prosecutors said they would seek the death penalty, the criminal defense lawyer Tampa entered into an agreement with them about the plea, allowing Childline to be released given the time he already spent behind bars.
Freedom of the PAHs was released on 9 March 2020.
On Monday, he agreed to a deal: he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in exchange for a suspended sentence and eternal probation. After a few hours he was released from Hernando County jail.
Most Hildwine pleased with the feeling of fresh grass under bare feet at the moment when he walked out the prison gates.
