High court case delays an Atwood resentence

A decision on whether a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court decision created a possibility for longtime death-row inmate Frank Jarvis Atwood to get a new sentencing hearing has been delayed by yet another Supreme Court case.

High court case delays an Atwood resentence

Frank Jarvis Atwood

Atwood's attorneys want a new sentencing hearing

Deborah Carlson, 32, shows a picture of her daughter, Vicki Lynne Hoskinson. Lawyers for Vicki's killer will try to persuade a judge to reconsider a decision that kept them from arguing Atwood's original attorney was inadequate at his sentencing hearing.

Atwood's attorneys want a new sentencing hearing

Vicki disappeared on Sept. 17, 1984. Her skeletal remains were found seven months later.

Atwood's attorneys want a new sentencing hearing

Frank Jarvis Atwood

Atwood's attorneys want a new sentencing hearing

A California man on death row nearly 26 years for kidnapping and murdering 8-year-old Vicki Lynne Hoskinson will be back in court today.

Victim's sister irate over Atwood lawsuit

In case you haven't heard, Frank Jarvis Atwood, one of Arizona's longest residents on death row, is suing the state because he's not getting to visit his priest as often as he would like.

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The Tucson man convicted in the 1984 kidnapping and killing of Vicki Lynne Hoskinson, 8, has filed a lawsuit against state prison officials over his religious freedoms.

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Atwood is denied hearing in '84 killing

Frank Jarvis Atwood

Atwood is denied hearing in '84 killing

A U.S. district judge has denied a motion that would've granted child killer Frank Jarvis Atwood a hearing where his attorneys could argue that detectives planted evidence that landed him on Arizona's death row.

Judge rejects child-killer Atwood’s evidence tampering claim

A U.S. District Court judge has denied a motion that would’ve granted child-killer Frank Jarvis Atwood a hearing where his attorneys could argue detectives planted evidence that landed him on Arizona’s death row.

No decision yet in Atwood case

In case you are wondering, a federal judge still hasn't made a decision as to whether convicted killer Frank Jarvis Atwood's attorneys can present evidence they say proves the cops framed him in Vicki Lynne Hoskinson's 1984 death.

US judge to decide on Atwood request

A federal judge is considering whether convicted child killer Frank Jarvis Atwood's attorneys should be allowed to present evidence they believe will prove detectives planted evidence.

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Atwood describes life on death row

In May I interviewed my second death row inmate in 22-years as a journalist.

Memories have not faded for Vicki Lynne's family

Bobbie Farrell, 42, remembers Sept. 17, 1984 as though it were yesterday.

After 25 years, Vicki's mother is fed up with murder appeals

When she first heard Frank Jarvis Atwood was claiming authorities framed him for the murder of her 8-year-old daughter, Vicki Lynne Hoskinson, Debbie Carlson's reaction was, "Oh, give me a break."