According to the lawsuit, Armstrong and his team stated that the evidence had been compromised and that they believe "the blood was planted by, or in conspiracy with, one or more persons at the HPD in order to try and convict Armstrong of capital murder and to taint his reputation in the mind of the public.”

"Make no mistake of it, our heart goes out to the family. We understand that they're going through a lot. It's just [that] their truth is not the truth," prosecutor John Jordan said during his remarks following the verdict.

We’re ending the second week of Antonio Armstrong Jr.’s third capital murder trial.

Antonio “A.J.” Armstrong Jr., the man accused of killing his parents in 2016, will be tried again next year, according to his legal team.In October, during the second trial, a judge ruled a mistrial after the jury was unable to reach a verdict in the capital murder case.

A judge has ruled a second mistrial after a jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict in the capital murder case against Antonio “A.J.” Armstrong Jr., who was accused of killing his own parents.

Opening arguments in the AJ Armstrong re-trial started Tuesday morning in front of a packed courtroom.

A retrial for a man accused of killing his parents in 2016 begins Monday.

Defense attorneys in the case of a man charged with killing his parents will be allowed to introduce evidence that an “alternate perpetrator” pulled the trigger.