Convicted murderer was sentenced to death then released

Read storyA convicted murderer originally sentenced to death was released after the court of appeal decided it was unfair to release one man and not another.

The Court released Jeronimo Bowleg, ruling that the man he was accused of committing the murder with - Brian
Schroeter – had been released.

Bowleg and Schroeter were convicted of the 1994 murder of Dieuseul Almanor and sentenced to death, the mandatory sentence for murder at the time.

After mandatory death sentencing was ruled unconstitutional, the pair appealed. Schroeter was release and Bowleg's sentence was modified to include ten years in addition to the 11 he had served.

Bowleg appealed the decision and won. In its ruling, the court said it felt the sentence was inadequate but wanted to avoid any appearance of unfairness between people involved in the same offense."

Full Story in The Nassau Guardian here