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Del. appeals conviction reversal to Supreme Court

November 6, 2009 By The Associated Press RANDALL CHASE (Associated Press Writer)

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware prosecutors are appealing the reversal of a conviction and death sentence in the murder of a college student to the U.S. Supreme Court, officials said Friday.

In July, the Delaware Supreme Court overturned the conviction and death sentence of James E. Cooke Jr. in the 2005 rape and murder of University of Delaware student Lindsey Bonistall, a sophomore from White...

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