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Innocent Man Remains In Prison

For months now, Michael Neal has been in a Tennessee prison even though a Knox County judge has deemed him innocent of double murder charges. That`s because the state Board of Probation and Parole had accused Neal of violating his parole by possessing for a matter of minutes a gun he wrested from two intruders who broke into his East Knoxville home.

Read About It: Knoxville News Sentinel

Posted: 8/26/2005 9:57:38 AM

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