MURDERED: Candace Rough Surface
Crime Junkie
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Will It Make a Difference?
Nick's defense team argues that the statute of limitations for the first degree sexual assault charge had passed, and so they're saying that the charges should be dropped. The law at the time said that a person had seven years from the time of the attack to bring charges against someone. So by the time jury selection is about to begin a next trial in the spring of 96, the only charge he faces is for first degree murder. But instead of opening arguments in the first degree murder trial, candy's family watches as nick pleads guilty to first degree manslaughter.
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