(AP) – Defense attorneys say evidence was withheld that would have
helped prove the innocence of a Missouri man convicted of killing his wife after her Christmas Day 2006 death initially was ruled a suicide.At issue is testing on the robe that Bradley Jennings was wearing when
39-year-old Lisa Jennings died at the couple’s Buffalo home. The Springfield News-Leader reports that the defense didn’t learn until December 2015 that the robe tested negative for gunshot residue.
helped prove the innocence of a Missouri man convicted of killing his wife after her Christmas Day 2006 death initially was ruled a suicide.At issue is testing on the robe that Bradley Jennings was wearing when
39-year-old Lisa Jennings died at the couple’s Buffalo home. The Springfield News-Leader reports that the defense didn’t learn until December 2015 that the robe tested negative for gunshot residue.
Investigators determined blood on it could only have come from a high-velocity gunshot wound. Jennings told authorities he held his wife’s bloody body after she shot herself.
He’s eight years into a 25-year sentence. His defense wants him to be freed or to get a new trial. A hearing is set for this week.
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