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On October 23, 1990, James Driskell was convicted of first degree murder against his friend Perry Harder. Earlier in the year of November 1989, James had been running a “chop shop” with Perry Harder, and apparently the police had searched through the place and found stolen parts of vehicles and they were both arrested for possession of stolen property. Furthermore, on June 21, 1990, Perry and Harder were to attend court and plead guilty of the “chop shop” charges, but Perry did not attend. September 30, Perry’s body was found with two shots in the chest. The police believed that James was the one who shot Perry because it was so that he could not testify against James in the “chop shop” case and had three hair samples that matched up to Perry

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