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Posted: 5:19 AM Jul 2, 2007
Evan Zimmerman Dies
A former Augusta police officer, who served more than three years in prison before his murder conviction was thrown out, has died this weekend.
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A former Augusta police officer, who served more than three years in prison before his murder conviction was thrown out, has died this weekend.
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The family of Evan Zimmerman says the 61-year-old died of cancer.
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Zimmerman was convicted of the strangling death of his ex-girlfriend, Kathleen Thompson, in Eau Claire in 2001.
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With the help of the Wisconsin Innocence Project, he successfully appealed on the grounds of ineffective counsel.
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He was granted a second trial in 2005, but the district attorney moved that the charge be dropped, saying he couldn't prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
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