Jens Söring [SEP] convicted of
Jens Söring
Jens Söring, usually rendered in English as Jens Soering, (born 1 August 1966 in Bangkok, Thailand) is a German citizen who in 1990 was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder in the United States. 
Söring was convicted of killing the parents of his then-girlfriend Elizabeth Haysom in the unincorporated hamlet of Boosboro, Bedford County, Virginia with her help in March 1985. After fleeing the United States in October 1985, he and Haysom were arrested in London in April 1986. Söring
"I think the new DNA evidence is quite, quite compelling, and I think it's clear that Jens Söring would not be convicted today. I believe it's appropriate for him to get an absolute pardon or a conditional pardon." Dr Griffiths, who had spent 5 months reviewing the tapes and written protocols of the interrogations of Söring in 1986, confirmed that he believed Söring's confession to be unreliable. He strongly criticised Bedford County Sheriff's Office investigator Ricky Gardner's conduct at the time. Dr Schanfield presented a