Yesterday's ruling was the outcome. Abraham said that she would ask the Pennsylvania courts to void Einhorn's 1993 conviction when he came back to the United States and asked, as the law specifies, for a new trial. We can't try him twice for the same crime unless he asks for a new trial. She also pointed out that Einhorn never did face the death penalty because, in 1977, at the time of Maddux's death, the death-penalty statute was not in effect in Pennsylvania. All of the people who were witnesses are still here.
Police are still here.
All the physical evidence is available. There's no impediment as far as the evidence. Neighbors who testified they heard and smelled things. They are still around. It's all preserved.