Ex-Death Row Inmate Faces 2nd Murder Count
A man who was freed after two decades on Nevada’s death row now faces trial in a second killing in addition to a retrial on a murder charge in the case that sent him to prison in the first place.
Reno Justice of the Peace Barbara Finley ordered Jack Mazzan bound over to district court in the 1978 stabbing death of Mustang Ranch prostitute April Barber.
Mazzan was sentenced to death for killing Barber’s boyfriend, Richard Minor Jr., in 1978. The state Supreme Court overturned his conviction last year and ordered a retrial.
New tests on a pair of shoes found at Mazzan’s home disclosed traces of Barber’s DNA.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
