'We feel as if she has died all over again,' a best friend of Laurie Houts, found strangled to death in a car, said. Here's how the dismissal could set back cold case prosecutions across the country.
But this week, a judge dismissed the case over concerns about double jeopardy.
Houts' sister, Cindy Levers, says the case was eventually dismissed by a judge for what they called at the time "insufficient evidence" when the jury couldn't reach a verdict. "Does Mr. Woodward have to face trial again a third time?" he said. "Or will he now be a free man because he has been acquitted and I think that's going to be an important thing for the court to decide. I can see this case going to the California Supreme Court to get clarity on this because of the amount that rides on it."
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