Paul House
Paul House was convicted in 1986 of the murder of Carolyn Muncey. In 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that House would not have been convicted if DNA evidence had been available. A judge subsequently ordered a retrial or immediate release.1
House, who remained on death row awaiting his October 2008 retrial, was released on June 2, 2008, after an anonymous donor posted his $100,000 bail.1
Fast Facts
- Full name: Paul Gregory House
- Suffers from Multiple Sclerosis
- Convicted in 1986
- Convicted of the 1985 murder of Carolyn Muncey
- DNA tests conducted in the late 1990s
- U.S. Supreme Court reviewed the case in 2006
- Decided House would not have been convicted if DNA evidence had been considered
- Decision reached with a 5-3 ruling
- Federal judge ordered his immediate release or the scheduling of a retrial
- Retrial scheduled for October 2008
- Bail was originally $500,000
- Judge lowered the amount to $100,000
- Bail posted after the amount was lowered
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