Convicted man to remain jailed though judge vacated jury verdict

Convicted man to remain jailed though judge vacated jury verdict

BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY, Ind. -- Jason Hubbell entered Bartholomew County Circuit Judge Kelly Benjamin’s courtroom clad in a red Indiana Department of Correction jumpsuit, cuffed at his wrists and ankles, to hear a table of four attorneys argue with the Court that he should be sent home while the prosecutor appeals the judge’s decision to vacate his murder conviction. While Judge Benjamin ruled last month that Hubbell didn’t get a fair trial in 1999 …