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Claim Brockton Police Altered Evidence In Murder Case Gets Hearing
Resume![Darrell "Diamond" Jones was convicted of the 1985 murder of alleged Cuban cocaine dealer Guillermo Rodriguez in Brockton. Jones maintains his innocence. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)](https://wordpress.wbur.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/0111_darrell-jones01-1000x666-1000x666.jpg)
A judge reviewing the conviction of Darrell "Diamond" Jones — a man who has served three decades in prison for murder and was the subject of a special investigative series by WBUR and the New England Center for Investigative Reporting — wants to consider more evidence related to claims that Brockton police deliberately altered a key piece of evidence.
Jones was in court this week for a two-day hearing at Fall River Superior Court to determine if he will get a new trial for a crime he insists he did not commit.
This segment aired on June 14, 2017.