Zeke to be Freed
Appeal after appeal failed, but Goldblum eventually gained the surprising support of two people: The judge who presided over his trial and the assistant district attorney who prosecuted the case. Each expressed misgivings about aspects of Goldblum’s conviction and the prosecutor went so far as to call it a “miscarriage of justice.”
Even so, for years nothing changed. But in the fall of 2019, a newly-active state pardons board voted unanimously to commute Goldblum’s sentence.
It’s taken nearly a year and a half for Governor Tom Wolf to sign off on it, but Lt. Governor John Fetterman confirmed to KDKA on Thursday that Goldblum will soon be freed.
See the full story at https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2021/02/11/pittsburgh-man-convicted-of-1976-killing-in-parking-garage-to-be-freed/
Gov. Wolf Signs 13 Commutations for People Who Were Sentenced to Life
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