USA. Woman convicted in 2002 for murder will have a new trial

Uthe american woman who was convicted of the murder of her boyfriend's ex-wife about 24 years ago will have a new trial after a judge considered that she was mentally incapable during the first trial. 

Linda Henning, now 73 years old, was sentenced to 73 and a half years in prison in October 2002 for the murder of her boyfriend's ex-wife in 1999. The victim's body was never found. 

The case has now suffered a turnaround after a judge ordered a new trial after classifying the initial process as an “absolutely flagrant judicial error,” the Albuquerque Journal explained. 

The judge pointed out that Linda Henning suffered from serious delusions, which would have made it impossible for the inmate to help the defense rationally. “How can she help the lawyer rationally if she didn’t even think she was involved in a crime?” she questioned. 

During the hearing that determined the new trial, the judge quoted two psychiatric reports indicating that Linda was suffering from mental disorders that interfered with the ability of the inmate to understand the charges attributed to her. 

Linda Henning was convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping, and other crimes related to the disappearance of Girly Chew Hossencofft, the ex-wife of her boyfriend. The victim's disappearance occurred on September 9, 1999. 

At the time, prosecutors claimed that Linda conspired with her boyfriend, Dazian Hosencofft, to kill her ex-wife. Although Girly's remains were never found, the inspectors discovered a tarp, clothing, duct tape, among others, with the victim's DNA on a road near Magdalena, New Mexico. 

A new hearing has been scheduled for October 22 which will serve to determine whether Linda will be free while I await the new trial.