Convicted man Michael Ledford challenges death sentence
ATLANTA -- The man sentenced to death for sexually assaulting and then murdering a 54-year-old mother along a popular suburban Atlanta bike trail is asking Georgia's top court to toss out his sentence.
Michael Ledford was convicted of the July 2006 slaying of Jennifer Ewing, who was ambushed during her regular 25-mile bike ride along the Silver Comet Trail, a former railroad bed that stretches from Smya to Alabama.
He is set to ask the Georgia Supreme Court to overtu his conviction on Monday because he claims dozens of errors were made during the 2009 trial. Among them, he says, was a judge's refusal to move it to another venue due to pre-trial publicity.
Prosecutors dismiss the challenges in a 232-page brief and urge the top court to affirm Ledford's death
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