After two decades on death row and several fruitless appearances before Pennsylvania state court judges, James Dennis has won habeas relief in federal court.

Detailing three examples of exculpatory evidence that were withheld by prosecutors in the case that led to Dennis' conviction for killing a teenage girl during the theft of her earrings in 1991, U.S. District Judge Anita B. Brody of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania held that each instance qualified as a Brady violation and, because the state appeals courts didn't consider the cumulative effect of those violations, she wouldn't be constrained by AEDPA.

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