WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - A Superior Court judge has set bail at $200,000 cash for a former death row inmate accused of killing a liquor store clerk during a 1991 robbery.
In setting the bail for 39-year-old Jermaine Wright on Monday, Judge John Parkins rejected arguments by prosecutors that he did not have jurisdiction to do so. Parkins agreed to stay his ruling for two days to allow the state to appeal.
Parkins overturned Wright's conviction and death sentence in January, ruling that Wright not properly advised of his rights against self-incrimination before giving a confession to police interrogators. The state Supreme Court will hear an appeal of that decision in May.
Wright spent more time on death row than any other Delaware inmate currently facing execution before the reversal of his death sentence.
