They really want to kill this guy

The Defense for Paul House is seeking to kill the retrial, and with good cause.

Merritt, being more candid that usual for an appeals court judge, said there appeared to be “pure stubbornness and vindictiveness on the part of the state” in wanting to continue to prosecute House when the Supreme Court has said that no reasonable person would convict him on the evidence that was presented at trial.

“All the circumstances in the case add up to vindictive prosecution,” Merritt said.

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