Thursday, August 05, 2010
Kentucky Prosecutors Want Mental Exam For Carneal
KENTUCKY...
Prosecutors want a mental exam for a high school shooter who killed three classmates and wounded five others in western Kentucky in 1997 before a hearing in his case in February.
The Kentucky Attorney General's Office on Wednesday asked a federal judge to allow the exam, which they say would be the first done by the state since 27-year-old Michael Carneal pleaded guilty in 1998. Carneal won a hearing on whether he can pursue withdrawing that guilty plea because he was too mentally ill to disclose he was hearing voices at the time.
Carneal is serving a life sentence without chance of parole for at least 25 years for killing three classmates and injuring five others in the shootings at Heath High School in Paducah on Dec. 1, 1997, when he was 14. He is eligible for parole in 2023.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 9:32 AM 
