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The decision to rely on a witness who couldn't be believed and the request for a new trial demonstrate prosecutors' persistence in a 20-year quest to convict Dana Chandler.
Prosecutors will make arguments Thursday to try Dana Chandler, accused of a pair of 2002 killings, a third time, despite a lack of physical evidence.
A jury in Kansas could not reach a verdict in the case of a woman accused of killing her ex-husband and his girlfriend. After deliberations spread over six days, a Shawnee County jury told a judge on Thursday that it was unable to determine if Dana Chandler shot and killed 47-year-old Mike Sisco and 53-year-old Karen Harkness in Topeka in 2002. Prosecutors argued that Chandler was upset by her divorce from Sisco and his relationship with Harkness. Defense attorneys said law enforcement missed chances to investigate suspects other than Chandler, who always claimed she was in Colorado when the k...
A Shawnee County District Court jury deadlocked in determining whether Dana Chandler is guilty of the 2002 killings of Mike Sisco and Karen Harkness.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas jury announced Thursday that it could not reach a verdict...