Man with overturned conviction seeks compensation for imprisonment

Robert Springsteen the Fourth spent nine years in prison before an appeals court overturned his sentence, but Travis County prosecutors haven't declared him innocent. Now, he wants a federal judge to clear him and award him more than $700,000 from the state. A judge dismissed murder charges against Springsteen and another man in 2009 after the appeals court ruled they were unfairly kept from cross-examining each other. Both had implicated each other. The dismissal came after prosecutors failed to meet a court-imposed deadline for retrial. A confession by Springsteen was presented at his trial, but his attorneys argued it had been ...

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