A man imprisoned 44 years for murder was ordered released Tuesday, Sept. 16, by an Orange County judge after prosecutors recently found exculpatory evidence that might not have been turned over to the trial defense.

At the request of the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, Superior Court Judge Lance Jensen reduced prisoner Guy Michael Scott’s 1984 murder conviction to manslaughter, allowing him to be released because he had served much more than the maximum sentence under that charge.

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Scott’s new attorney, Scott Sanders, believes his 69-year-old client would have been acquitted altogether if the evidence had been disclosed as required at the time of trial.

“The number of years lost is so painful and beyond tragic,” Sanders said.

Scott, attending a court hearing

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