Ben Coones News Today

Kansas bill regulating jailhouse witness testimony unlikely to become law this year Bill regulating jailhouse witnesses in KS unlikely to pass and last updated 2021-04-16 23:53:54-04 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When Olin “Pete” Coones went to prison for a murder he did not commit in Kansas City, Kansas, a jailhouse informant was the damning witness. No physical evidence tied Coones, whose story was featured Friday on " Dateline," to the crime. The father of five even had an alibi, but W...