Colorado Springs Mother Deborah Nicholls’ Murder Case Vacated, Conviction Overturned

Colorado woman freed after 18 years for her kids' fire deaths; judge says prosecutors hid evidence

Nicholls always said she was innocent. A suppressed report found no accelerant. A prosecutor who convicted her was later disqualified for hiding evidence.

Judge overturns Colorado Springs mother's 2003 murder conviction after ruling prosecutors hid evidence

One of the prosecutors who helped convict her is now a district attorney whose office was recently disqualified from another murder case for similar violations.

Colorado Springs mother Deborah Nicholls’ murder conviction overturned

A Colorado Springs mother convicted of murdering her three children in a house fire in 2008 had her verdict overturned and her case vacated.

Judge throws out murder convictions for Colorado woman accused of killing her 3 children in house fire

El Paso County District Court Senior Judge Michael Mullins, in a written order last weekend, vacated Deborah Nicholls' convictions nearly four months after he found that prosecutors wrongly kept secret evidence that cast doubt on Nicholls' guilt during her original jury trial.

Conviction vacated in case of mom accused of killing her three children

Watch previous coverage above: Judge calls for 'no more changes' in decades-old homicide retrial case (COLORADO SPRINGS) — Deborah Nicholls, a woman convicted in 2008 of killing her three children and setting their home on fire, had her conviction vacated on Thursday, Aug. 6. The ruling provides Nicholls with a chance to have her case [...]

Deborah Nicholls case vacated 23 years after three children killed in house fire

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- 23 years after 11-year-old Jay, 5-year-old Sophia, and 3-year-old Sierra were killed in a fire at their parent's house on Undimmed Circle, their mother's murder convictions were vacated. The reason: a court ruling that the prosecution suppressed scientific evidence during Deborah Nicholls' trial, which is a Brady violation. The ruling The post Deborah Nicholls case vacated 23 years after three children killed in…