article_snippet.sent: Last month a court ruled Richard Lapointe, a former dishwasher, was deprived of a fair trial for the 1987 killing and on Friday, a judge ordered A 69-year-old mentally impaired man from Connecticut to be freed on $25,000 cash bail.
article_snippet.sent: Last month a court ruled Richard Lapointe, a former dishwasher, was deprived of a fair trial for the 1987 killing and on Friday, a judge ordered his attorney to be freed on $25,000 cash bail .
article_snippet.sent: Finally, last month the state Supreme Court ruled that Lapointe was deprived of a fair trial because prosecutors failed to disclose notes by a police officer that may have supported an alibi defense.
article_snippet.sent: The decision upheld an earlier ruling by the state Appellate Court, which in 2012 overturned Lapointe's convictions for capital felony murder, sexual assault and other crimes.
article_snippet.sent: the state Supreme Court ruled that Lapointe be released or given a new trial.
article_snippet.sent: Murder charges have been refiled but the prosecutor, Gail Hardy, said the state needs to review the evidence before deciding whether the state can go forward with another trial.
highlights_snippet.sent: Richard Lapointe, a former dishwasher was sentenced in 1992 to life in prison without parole .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Last month a court ruled Lapointe was deprived of a fair trial and on Friday, a judge ordered Richard Lapointe, a former dishwasher to be freed on $25,000 cash bail .