![]() ![]() To the world, and legally, he’d still be a killer. But he’d give up a chance at exoneration. ![]() The Alford plea was an enticing chance for Owens, by then 43, to move on as a free man. The deal, known as an Alford plea, came with what seemed like an additional carrot: Despite pleading guilty, the Alford plea would allow Owens to say on the record that he was innocent. He could guarantee his immediate release from prison with no retrial and no danger of a new conviction-if he’d agree to plead guilty. But they had also offered him an unusual deal. State prosecutors balked, insisting they still had enough evidence to keep Owens locked away and vowed to retry him.
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