"Two men who spent more than 20 years in prison before their murder
convictions were vacated will ask a judge in Kentucky to let them out of
jail. Garr Keith Hardin and Jeffrey Dewayne Clark were convicted
in 1995 of killing a woman in what prosecutors described as a satanic
ritual. Meade Circuit Judge Bruce Butler scrapped their
convictions earlier this month after DNA evidence debunked much of the
evidence prosecutors presented to the jury. Testing revealed that a hair
on the body prosecutors claimed belonged to Hardin had come from
someone else. The Meade County commonwealth's attorney must now decide whether to seek a new trial. The
Innocence Project, which represented Hardin and Clark, said they will
ask the judge Thursday to let them out on bond while awaiting the
state's decision."
Thursday, August 4, 2016
Garr Keith Hardin and Jeffrey Dewayne Clark: Kentucky: Bulletin: The two men who spent more than 20 years in prison before their "satanic" killing convictions were overturned will be in court today seeking release from jail: Lexington Herald Leader; (AP)
