A Philadelphia judge has ordered the immediate release on parole of a man who has served more than 40 years of a life sentence, which he claimed was the result of prosecutorial misconduct and false testimony.
Clarence Davis was sent to prison in 1971 after being convicted of first-degree murder and other charges stemming from the shooting of bar owner Arthur Gilliard during a robbery. Davis, who claimed his shotgun went off accidentally on the night of the killing, has since alleged that the original prosecutor in the case elicited false statements from two witnesses.
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