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...judge in the original case, Regina L. Quinlan, granted Pring-Wilson a retrial on June 24, citing a recent Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) decision that increases how much juries can learn about the violent pasts of victims...
Although he is free, Pring-Wilson, a former student at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, must comply with several restrictions Quinlan placed on his travel. He will not be able to leave Massachusetts to live with his family in Colorado, and he must also surrender his passport and wear an electronic tracking bracelet...
...Pring-Wilson had sought to portray Colono’s stabbing as an act of self-defense. But an important part of that strategy—presenting the allegedly violent past histories of Colono and his cousin, who was also at the scene—was blocked by Quinlan...
Because the SJC ruling does not apply retroactively, Quinlan was not forced to annul the verdict. But in April she voluntarily called a hearing to consider how the SJC ruling impacted her decisions during the Pring-Wilson trial...
...April court document, Quinlan wrote that “although the court views the evidence as legally sufficient to support the verdict returned by the jury, the integrity of the evidence has been rendered suspect as a result of the decision...