For the first several days of his freedom, George Souliotes kept forgetting to zip up his trousers. Prison jumpsuits don't have zippers. The 72-year-old left lights on at night, unaccustomed to having ...

The Bee's July 5 editorial on the long-overdue release of innocent man George Souliotes argues that the end to his terrible ordeal was "unsatisfactory" because it did not conclude with a third trial.

Souliotes alleges that new expert testimony refutes the key evidence the prosecution used to link him to the residential fire that killed three people. In addition to claiming actual innocence, ...

George Souliotes, 72, tears up thinking of those who got him released from prison after nearly 17 years behind bars. His family and the Northern California Innocence Project worked for a decade to ...

A federal magistrate says there's enough evidence for a convicted Modesto arson killer to appeal the jury verdict.George Souliotes was sentenced to life in prison for setting a 1997 house fire that ...

(CBS/AP) MODESTO, Calif. - A former Modesto landlord was freed from prison on Wednesday after spending more than 16 years behind bars on a triple murder conviction. George Souliotes was convicted of ...

Seventy-two-year-old George Souliotes is a free man.After serving 16 years behind bars, a judge ordered his release Tuesday. A plea deal was reached in court where he pleaded no contest to negligent ...

George Souliotes has served 16 years of a life sentence for killing three tenants in a Modesto arson fire. The case against him was largely discredited by new scientific tests in 2005, and a federal ...

SAN FRANCISCO – A federal magistrate has ruled that a California prisoner serving life without parole for a triple murder should be freed because his defense lawyer provided in incompetent ...

For the first several days of his freedom, George Souliotes kept forgetting to zip up his trousers. Prison jumpsuits don’t have zippers. The 72-year-old left lights on at night, unaccustomed to having ...