HARRISBURG, Pa. – It’s a case that has captured national and international attention — when at 11-years-old Jordan Brown of Lawrence County was charged with killing his father’s pregnant fiance nearly ten years ago.
On Wednesday, in a unanimous decision, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned Brown’s conviction on a first-degree murder charge.
Back on February 20th of 2009, Jordan Brown was 11-years-old when he was charged with the shotgun slaying of 26-year-old Kenzie Marie Houk and her unborn son. Prosecutors said he committed the murder and then got on the school bus minutes later.
But fast forward nine and a half years and three appeals, Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court has unanimously decided to throw out Brown’s conviction.
The attorney for Brown says Brown’s father was grateful and happy when he heard the news, and plans to appear at a news conference with his son Jordan on Friday. This is likely to be Brown’s final chapter in this tragic case because his attorney says anything else is considered double jeopardy.
Former Lawrence County District Attorney Mangin says the court did not necessarily say Brown was innocent, but that there wasn’t enough evidence to find him guilty.
The 47-page Supreme Court opinion can be VIEWED HERE.
I TRULY HOPE HE IS INNOCENT BUT ONLY THIS YOUNG MAN KNOWS THE TRUTH AND THAT IS SOMETHING HE ALONE WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE REST OF HIS LIFE. HE CAN’T RUN AWAY FROM HIMSELF. I WOULD THINK MORE HIGHLY OF PEOPLE LIKE THIS IF THEY ADMIT THE TRUTH, FACE THEIR PUNISHMENT AND REPENT, THEN GET ON WITH THEIR LIVES.
It doesn’t sound like you think he is innocent at all!