Killer of Ark. TV anchor won't be retried for rape
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A prosecutor says the man convicted of killing an Arkansas television anchorwoman won't be tried for a second time on a rape charge.
Lee County prosecutor Fletcher Long said Thursday that the victim, a Marianna school teacher, told him she doesn't want to go through another trial. A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday after jurors said they couldn't agree on a verdict in the rape case against Curtis Lavelle Vance.
Vance was charged with rape after he was already a suspect in the separate case, the death of Little Rock morning show host Anne Pressly. A hair found in Pressly's bedding matched DNA from the rape case. Investigators said both samples matched Vance's DNA.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Defense lawyer Bill James attacked the DNA evidence, and Vance told jurors he was innocent.