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Former AG Tom Horne Did Right By Debra Milke

Former Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne Phoenix, AZ —When the 9 th Circuit US Court of Appeals orderd a new trial for Debra Milke it set in motion her being cleared and freed.  Former Attorney General Tom Horne quickly and very publicly vowed to appeal that ruling boasting he’d personally argue the case before the U.S. Supreme Court . After Horne's stepping out on a limb with his promise to appeal the case something amazing happened.  Horne acted on a constituent’s (someone I know really well) request to take a very careful second look at that case.  He did and everything suddenly changed.  Horne  waived appealing the case sending it immediately to Maricopa County for a retrial.  Had Horne appealed the case Debra Milke would have languished another two to three years on Death Row .  Milke would have rotted there while the United States Supreme Court wrestled with a Petition for Review.  This Monday morning at 8:30 AM J...