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Defense tells Kansas Supreme Court new DNA evidence would clear Olathe man in his wife’s 1992 murder
Publication date: Aug. 31, 2011
Source: Lawrence Journal-World
Author: Shaun Hittle
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The Lawrence Journal-World quoted Elizabeth Cateforis, a University of Kansas associate law professor and attorney for convicted murderer Kenneth Haddock through the Project for Innocence and Post-Conviction Remedies, in a recent story regarding a potential new trial for Haddock.
The Lawrence Journal-World wrote:
Haddock — serving a life sentence — was convicted by a Johnson County jury in 1992 for murdering his wife, Barbara Haddock, at their home in Olathe.
Elizabeth Cateforis, Haddock’s attorney from the Kansas University Project for Innocence, argued in front of the Kansas Supreme Court Wednesday that the hairs — clutched in Barbara’s hand at the crime scene — point to Haddock’s innocence.
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New DNA technology found that the hairs belong to an unidentified woman, which “materially changes the evidentiary landscape of the case,” Cateforis said.
Had the jury known back then that the hairs did not come from Kenneth Haddock, it could have made a significant impact on the jury’s decision, Cateforis said.
“What would the jury do now?” she said during her argument.