Last week, Brooklyn federal court Judge Nicholas Garaufis criticized almost every aspect of the case in overturning Mr. Lopez's conviction of killing a man in a Coney Island robbery.
The state criminal case over whether Dickerson was part of a minor bank robbery on January 24, 1997, has remained unresolved as the questions surrounding his confession to the police were resolved by the nation's highest court.
As well as aggravated murder - "aggravated" in this case because the murder was planned in advance - Beasley was convicted of aggravated robbery, kidnapping and attempted murder.