I completely missed the trial of Dana Chandler, the Colorado woman who was accused of killing her ex-husband, Mike Sisco, and his fiancee, Karen Harkness, in Topeka, Kansas, back in 2002. She had been convicted in 2012 of two counts of murder, but the verdicts were overturned on appeal thanks to a prosecutor who flat-out lied to the jury. She was later disbarred. Then Chandler had a retrial in 2022 which resulted in a hung jury and thus a mistrial. This time around, she represented herself, apparently not aware of the old saying about people representing themselves in court. After 4 1/2 hours of deliberation, Dana Chandler was once again convicted on March 7. She will be sentenced sometime this summer.
More details here:
Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay spoke publicly Monday on the recent conclusion of the Dana Chandler double-murder trial.
Kagay hosted a press conference at 3 p.m. on March 10 where he took the opportunity to talk about the Chandler case. Kagay applauded the efforts of the prosecution and Pottawatomie County jury for participating in the conviction of Chandler on Friday, March 7. A jury found her guilty of two counts of first degree homicide which stemmed from the 2002 deaths of her ex-husband Mike Sisco and his fiancé Karen Harkness who were killed by gunfire in their bed.
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