Exonerated, But Fighting for Their Freedom

A judge freed them and said they never committed the murder for which they served hard time. Connecticut is back in court anyway trying to return Ron Taylor and George Gould to prison—while on a separate front Taylor combats colon cancer.

The state continues to appeal Superior Court Judge Stanley Fuger’s decision that freed Taylor and Gould earlier this year after they served 16 years of an 80-year sentence for a New Haven murder.

The men in turn are pressing to have the case end in their favor. Taylor wants to have a ruling soon—in part because he is being treated for colon cancer that has metastasized to his lungs and liver. He is about to undergo radiation treatment.

Peter Tsimbidaros, the pair’s attorney, filed a motion in late September to transfer the appeal from the state appellate court directly to the Connecticut Supreme Court— in effect, cutting out a step in the process.

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