Man's Murder Conviction Tossed After 34 Years in Prison

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Judge-Throws-Out-Murder-Conviction-of-LA-Man-231182381.html

By Jason Kandel
| Friday, Nov 8, 2013

A judge threw out the conviction of a 53-year-old Los Angeles man who's spent 34 years behind bars for murder after two sisters of a key witness said the account of what their sibling saw was a lie.

Kash Delano Register was sentenced to 27 years to life in prison for killing 78-year-old Jack Sasson in April of 1979, but has always maintained his innocence.

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Register was convicted mainly on eyewitness testimony.

Brenda Anderson identified Register as the gunman, even though he had an alibi that he was with his girlfriend at the time of the shooting.

Anderson testified that she heard shots from across the street as she was about to get into the shower that day and that she saw somebody “running in between some apartments, run back and shoot two more times.”

Two of Anderson's sisters said their sibling lied about seeing Register running away from the crime scene.

Brenda Anderson has repeatedly changed her account.