Judge: Death Row Inmate Should Get New Trial Because of ME Testimony

(Fort Worth, TX) — A judge says a man on death row for a 2004 Fort Worth murder conviction should get a new trial.

District Court Judge Mollee Westfall says Tarrant County Medical Examiner Dr. Nizam Peerwani gave false and misleading testimony during the trial. Tilon Carter was convicted in 2006 for the home invasion robbery and murder of 89-year-old James Tomlin.

Peerwani recently announced the upcoming termination of his former top deputy, Dr. Marc Krouse, after an audit of 40 autopsies last year found he made 59 mistakes.