Gray v. Washburn Wire Company

How courts have described this case

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• holding actual-innocence standard was not met by non-credible affidavits of recanting victims and noting that “motions for new trial based on recantations are viewed with disfavor”
• affirming trial court’s denial of habeas relief because even if reliance on scientific evidence was outdated, fundamental fairness of trial was not undermined where there was ample other evidence of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt
• “Once again, we need not decide whether a freestanding actual innocence claim is cognizable[.]”

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