Karen Diehl Loses Appeal on 5-5 Vote
Prosecutors to Seek Her Return to Prison
April 4, 1990
Jim Haner
The Virginia Pilot
Karen Diehl, whose conviction for the beating death of an adopted son was overturned in September on appeal, will likely be returned to prison to resume serving her 31-year sentence under a ruling issued Tuesday.
Prosecutors will seek to have Diehl returned to the Virginia Correctional Center for Women in Goochland as soon as a hearing can be scheduled, said Commonwealth's Attorney Robert J. Humphreys.
Diehl was released on $60000 bond Sept. 21 after a three-judge Court of Appeals panel ruled that the judge who presided at her 1987 trial should have removed a biased juror.
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