FROM THE NEWSROOM: HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A three-judge panel of the Connecticut Appellate Court has rejected the appeal of a convicted murder who challenged DNA evidence that led to his arrest and the exoneration of another man who served two decades in prison for the killing. Former New York City resident Kevin Benefield argued that consent he gave authorities in 1986 to test his saliva did not give them permission in 2009 to retest the saliva using a DNA test that didnt exist in 1986. The 2009 testing led to Benefields murder convictions and 60-year prison sentence for the 1986 killing of mother-of-four Barbara Pelkey in Wallingford. The wrongly convicted man, Kenneth Ireland, was freed in 2009. The judges on the states second-highest court ruled Monday that Benefields 1986 consent was wide-ranging with no time limits.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 18:15:46 +0000
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