Kansas Inmate to Get Hearing on DNA Testing
Associated Press - Fri 07:39 PM 10/19/2012
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled Friday in favor of Robert Lackey.
The Kansas Supreme Court has given a man convicted in a 1982 rape and murder the chance to argue for new DNA testing.
The Salina Journal reports the high court ruled Friday in favor of Robert Lackey. The court ordered a hearing on his DNA testing request in Saline County District Court, which had earlier turned him down.
Lackey was convicted in 2002 of first-degree murder and rape in the death of Sara Ann Brecheisen, a 22-year-old college student from Salina.
Brecheisen was a volunteer in 1982 at the Gospel Mission, a men's homeless shelter now known as the Salina Rescue Mission. Lackey lived at the shelter and worked there as a cook, going by the name Bob Moore.
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(Information in the following story is from: The Salina Journal, http://www.salina.com)
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GETALIFE674
Monday 22 October 2012 00:22 Report this comment
Well what tosses a red flag up for me is his different names. Maybe the dna will prove he is innocent but then again it may verify his guilt. If he is guilty then they should reopen the case and give him the death penalty immediately.