His murder conviction was thrown out and he was released from prison in the last year thanks in large part to DNA testing that was not available when William Virgil was found guilty in the 1987 slaying of Retha Welch, a Veterans Administration nurse in Newport. Now, as he prepares for a retrial, Virgil's attorneys are on the attack, claiming prosecutors and police "fabricated" evidence in the case to "successfully frame Mr. Virgil for murder."
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