MANASSAS, Va. (AP) - A Prince William County prosecutor says his office is preparing to retry a former death row inmate whose conviction was overturned on accusations of government misconduct.

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Justin Wolfe was recently released from Virginia's death row and transferred to the Manassas jail. He had been sentenced to death for a drug-related slaying in 2001.

Earlier this year, though, a federal judge tossed out his conviction and death sentence.

A federal appeals court said prosecutors wrongly withheld information from Wolfe's lawyers that would have helped him at trial.

At a status hearing Monday in Manassas, a judge set a Friday bail hearing for Wolfe.

After the hearing, senior Prince William prosecutor Rick Conway told reporters that preparations are under way for a retrial. Wolfe's parents want the case dropped entirely.