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PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "Chandler spoke to reporters after the sentencing, and listed several others wrongfully convicted and imprisoned who either have settled or have outstanding civil lawsuits linked to false testimony by Handy. “It’s been a very, very long time. It’s been a very difficult road to travel,” Chandler said. He also said would like the U.S. Department of Justice, which is already investigating LMPD, to investigate every case in which there is a federal civil rights lawsuit resulting in a government settlement for wrongful conviction. After the proposed investigation, Chandler and others would like to see a public report detailing causation and making recommendations for changes in the criminal justice system."
STORY: "Former Louisville detective who helped wrongfully convict two men will spend year in prison," WLKY (Reporter Mark Vanderhoff) reports, on May 14, 2021. Click on link provided to transcript of the broadcast video.
GIST: "A former Louisville police detective will spend a year in prison for his role in the wrongful convictions and imprisonment of two men.
Mark Handy took a plea deal Tuesday on charges of perjury and tampering with evidence in exchange for one year behind bars per charge, which will run concurrently.
Edwin Chandler, a man wrongfully convicted and imprisoned, agreed to the deal and Handy was taken away. He spent nearly a decade in prison before he was exonerated in 2009 partially through fingerprint technology that placed another man at the crime scene.
Another man, Keith West, spent seven years behind bars after Handy taped over a recording of a witness in that case.
Chandler spoke to reporters after the sentencing, and listed several others wrongfully convicted and imprisoned who either have settled or have outstanding civil lawsuits linked to false testimony by Handy.
“It’s been a very, very long time. It’s been a very difficult road to travel,” Chandler said.
He also said would like the U.S. Department of Justice, which is already investigating LMPD, to investigate every case in which there is a federal civil rights lawsuit resulting in a government settlement for wrongful conviction.
After the proposed investigation, Chandler and others would like to see a public report detailing causation and making recommendations for changes in the criminal justice system.
Handy, for his part, said little else in court after the plea deal. His attorney said Handy had a strong defense, but had to weigh the risk of a trial.
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