Paul House (May 2008) Hearing

This hearing was held to determine the conditions of Paul House’s release after serving 22 years on Tennessee’s death row for a crime new evidence indicates he did not commit.

On May 7, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously agreed with Judge Harry S. Mattice's ruling that the state either re-try House in 180 days or release him. Though the state plans to re-try House, his deteriorating health and his unjust incarceration for over 20 years demands that he should be released to his mother’s care while he awaits retrial.
This was the hearing that we expected the judge to release Paul House into the custody of his mother Joyce. That did not happen today.
No cameras were allowed inside the Federal Building at all. Paul House was there in a wheelchair in very frail condition.