See http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1583135; not surprisingly based on your and adam_lowe accounts the Feds have filled a motion to drop all charges (I hope with prejudice). See the link for a bit more editorializing by various people including me, but when you compare this to their usual behavior it's very clear the Feds never had a case.
There were no charges filed in this case. The prosecutor correctly ascertained that the allegations were false and the whole thing was a waste of taxpayer money.
I don't think this should be taken into consideration, murder-for-hire charges were dropped. And this whole situation was created by federal agents misconduct.
It feels like they're dropping the charge because there's no reasonable prospect of a conviction. After twenty years all the employees, and records, for the video shop have gone. There's no evidence.
This does make me wonder how many other similar cases are floating around.
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