Hero Lawyer Uses Technicality To Free Guilty Man

SAN BERNARDINO, CA—Kenneth Michael Rafferty was set free Tuesday thanks to the heroism of attorney Morgan Schechter, who discovered a loophole in California arraignment procedure that made Rafferty’s July 20 sentencing for armed robbery invalid. “I owe my freedom to Morgan Schechter,” a teary-eyed Rafferty told reporters following his release. “If not for him, I would be facing the prospect of 30 years in prison for a crime I did commit.”