Posts with tag: "Kentucky Criminal Defense Attorney"
Unmaking a Murderer One Case at a Time
Wednesday, February 03, 2016
Unmaking a Murderer One Case at a Time

Unmaking a Murderer Once Case at a TimeWitnesses Retract TestimonyDouble-murder Charges Against Pair Are DroppedBy Knight Ridder NewspapersWILLIAMSBURG, KY — In an extremely rare move, Whitley County Commonwealth's Attorney Allen Trimble decided to drop double-murder charges against two men he had been trying to dispatch to death row.Trimble said he had no choice but to ask dismissal of the cases against Wayne Mount and Ronnie Kitts Jr., both of Tennessee, after two key witnesses -- who provided the only evidence connecting the men to the killings -- recanted.The reversal of Trimble's prosecutorial fortune means a new investigation will be launched into the slayings of Robert "Tweet" ...