Conviction concerns: Former prosecutors question testimony of Ky. lawyer in kidnapping case
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) - Attorneys with the Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy have asked a judge to set aside the conviction and sentence of a ...
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) - Attorneys with the Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy have asked a judge to set aside the conviction and sentence of a man who has been incarcerated for 16 years, after identifying concerns about the testimony of the victim, who is now a central Kentucky prosecutor.Frankie Covington 'is currently incarcerated for not only a crime that he did not commit,' staff attorneys allege in their pleading, 'but for a crime that quite possibly never took place.'Covington, 58, was convicted in 2011 of kidnapping Sharon R.