‘What would you do?’: Uncertainty about how judge would rule on key ‘killer clown’ evidence led to end of decades-old murder case
“The burden is very high for the government,” Padowitz said. “Time can provide reasonable doubt to a good defense attorney.” By ANGIE DIMICHELE |and DAVID SCHUTZ | South Florida Sun Sentinel The clown walked peacefully away from the murder — something Joe Ahrens has never been able to do. The world slowed for Ahrens the moment his mother, Marlene Warren, opened the front door of their Wellington home on May 26, 1990, and a clown greeted her with two balloons, [...]