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11 Year Fight Ends With Turner's Release From Prison
Aaron Treetop Turner, who spent years in Eastern State Penitentiary and the death house, is expected to be freed after a fraught legal battle. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversed the death sentences and urged a new trial or nol pros, ending a case that began with the 1945 Ace Broom Co. murders and involved multiple trials and appeals.
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Eastern State Penitentiary
Aaron
Treetop
Edwin P. Rome
Frank Endres
Charles Simmons
Ace Broom Co
Clarence Lofton
Jasper Johnson
Turner
Rome
U.S. Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
Lofton
Quarter Sessions
Harrisburg
Commonwealth
Romé
United Press
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