A Kansas judge is reconsidering whether a man imprisoned for 25 years in a 1997 murder could get a new trial, as testimony this week raised new questions about police work and evidence in the case.
Attorneys for Celester McKinney questioned two people Wednesday as they seek to prove ineffective counsel influenced a 2022 decision not to grant him a new trial.
The evidentiary hearing has run since Monday, and attorneys spent Wednesday questioning two people: Daniel Cahill, the former prosecutor on the case and now Wyandotte County judge; and former Kansas City, Kansas Police Detective Max Seifert…