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'Justice has been served’: Lydell Grant speaks for the first time since new suspect charged in 2010 Montrose stabbing
Read full article: 'Justice has been served’: Lydell Grant speaks for the first time since new suspect charged in 2010 Montrose stabbingHOUSTON – Lydell Grant spoke out for the first time since another man has been named the suspect in the 2010 killing of Aaron Scheerhoorn. Jermarico Carter was arrested and charged for stabbing Scheerhoorn several times outside a Montrose bar. New suspect arrested, charged in 2010 Montrose stabbing; DA says Lydell Grant will be exoneratedGrant said he had appeal after appeal denied, but the Innocence Project of Texas listened and intervened. The organization sent DNA results from the trial that they said were not accurate to be examined at a private lab. The DNA findings made this case historic, Innocence Project of Texas Executive Director Mike Ware said.
Judge grants bond for Lydell Grant, convicted of 2010 Montrose murder after new DNA evidence comes to light
Read full article: Judge grants bond for Lydell Grant, convicted of 2010 Montrose murder after new DNA evidence comes to lightIt was being driven by 33-year-old Grant, who had a suspended license, officials wrote. The officer realized Grant had been marked as wanted for questioning in the Scheerhoorn stabbing case and he was taken in for questioning, officials wrote. This is an undated photo of 28-year-old Aaron Scheerhoorn who was stabbed to death outside a Montrose bar in 2010. “Based on the likelihood ratio result, [defendant] Lydell Grant is excluded as a contributor to this profile,” officials wrote of the findings of the new DNA test. The Innocence Project of Texas, an organization that aims to help exonerate the wrongfully convicted through DNA testing, took up Grant’s cause.