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[The Morning Call] Han Tak Lee could become a free man 23 years after arson and murder conviction

May 30, 2014
If a federal judge agrees that he was denied a fair trial, Lee could become a free man for the first time since his 1990 conviction that shocked the Korean American community in New York City, where he and his daughter lived. He's serving a life sentence.

If a federal judge agrees that he was denied a fair trial, Lee could become a free man for the first time since his 1990 conviction that shocked the Korean American community in New York City, where he and his daughter lived. He’s serving a life sentence.

 

[Lehigh Valley's Newspaper The Morning Call]   For more than 23 years, Han Tak Lee has fought from inside a Pennsylvania prison cell to prove he is innocent of killing his daughter in a fire at a Monroe County church camp.

On Thursday, Lee appeared in a courtroom here as renowned fire investigation expert John J. Lentini explained his theory that investigators and prosecutors put a spin on evidence that led a jury to wrongly convict the Korean immigrant of arson and murder.

New tests of the evidence used to convict Lee combined with an admission by prosecutors that conclusions on the cause and origin of the blaze were based more on superstition than science show Lee was denied a fair trial, Lee’s attorneys say.

If a federal judge agrees, Lee could become a free man for the first time since his 1990 conviction shocked the Korean-American community in New York City… [READ MORE]