Appeals court affirms baby mystery ruling

Medell Banks update... Banks, who pled guilty to manslaughter to avoid a possible murder conviction and is serving a fifteen year sentence even though the crime never happened and the baby in question never existed had his conviction overturned in August. But he's still in jail. And the Court of Criminal Appeals just told the prosectors that they would not overturn their decision to overturn the conviction. So Choctaw County set him free.

Ha! Of course not! They still want to hold him. Choctaw County DA Robert Javert -- uh, Bobby Keahey -- says he's going to appeal to the State Supreme Court. The appeal would be in the hands of Alabama District Attorney Bill "Hang 'Em High" Pryor. Pryor could decide to not pursue the appeal, but I'm not optimistic, and Keahey could do it himself assuming the county will let him.