WHEATON, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago man has walked out of prison after a judge vacated his 1997 conviction on charges of arson and murder in his mother-in-law’s death.
William Amor was released Tuesday afternoon from the DuPage County jail after paying $10,000 to make bail. Amor said he hasn’t “done much of anything but wait for this moment.” He’s been behind bars since he was arrested in 1995, accused of intentionally igniting the 1995 Naperville fire that killed Marianne Miceli. But a DuPage County Judge Liam Brennan in April vacated Amor’s conviction after considering new advances in fire science.
Amor’s new trial date is Sept. 12. He is represented by the Illinois Innocence Project. Amor’s attorneys say the fire was an accident and he should have never been charged.
