Man, spousal murder conviction overturned, revives civil rights case against SB County

William Richards, whose conviction for killing his wife Pamela in 1993 was overturned in 2016 after 23 years of imprisonment, can pursue his case against San Bernardino County and sheriff’s lab technician Daniel Gregonis, who he claimed planted evidence against him.

A June 24 Ninth Circuit ruling partially reversed the Sept. 20, 2019, dismissal of his case by Central District of California Judge S. James Otero.

According to the Ninth Circuit ruling and Richards’ complaint, a San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy responding to a call found Pamela Richards’ body in the couple’s remote Mojave Desert motor home at 12:38 a.m., Aug. 10, 1993.

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