Friday, March 05, 2010
Man Granted Competency Hearing
KENTUCKY....
Twenty-six year old Michael Adam Carneal, who fatally shot three classmates and wounded five others on December 1, 1997, at Heath High School near Paducah, has been granted a competency hearing. U.S. District Judge Thomas B. Russell says there's enough evidence in the case to question whether mental illness prevented him from appealing his guilty plea. Carneal is serving a sentence of life without the chance of parole for at least 25 years, making him eligible for parole in 2023.
Twenty-six year old Michael Adam Carneal, who fatally shot three classmates and wounded five others on December 1, 1997, at Heath High School near Paducah, has been granted a competency hearing. U.S. District Judge Thomas B. Russell says there's enough evidence in the case to question whether mental illness prevented him from appealing his guilty plea. Carneal is serving a sentence of life without the chance of parole for at least 25 years, making him eligible for parole in 2023.
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