Judge Throws Out Murder Convictions of Woman in Deaths of Her Three Children in House Fire

An El Paso County judge has thrown out the murder convictions for a Colorado Springs woman in the deaths of her three children in a house fire more than 20 years ago.

District Court Senior Judge Michael Mullins vacated Deborah Nicholls’ convictions in a written order last weekend, nearly four months after he found that prosecutors wrongly kept secret evidence that cast doubt on Nicholls’ guilt during her original jury trial.

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