Facebook post leads to new trial for brothers serving life for murder
Two Detroit brothers who have served 25 years of a life sentence for murder are getting a new trial after a post on Facebook.
MyFoxDetroit.com reports a local judge overturned the murder convictions last week of Raymond Highers and his brother, Thomas, who were sentenced to life in prison for the 1987 murder of Robert Karey at his home in Detroit.
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