The Brief
- Kenneth Ray Jackson was sentenced to death for the abduction, rape and murder of a Seffner mother of three in 2013.
- His death sentence was reduced to life-in-prison in 2019 thanks to the Hurst case argued before the Supreme Court of the United States.
- Now he is fighting for “post-conviction relief” in Hillsborough County Court.
TAMPA – A convicted murderer who had already received a commuted death sentence, appeared in Hillsborough County Court to argue for the chance at a new trial.
Kenneth Ray Jackson appeared before Judge Michelle Sisco as his attorney presented the motion for “post conviction relief” as he seeks a new shot at getting a reduced sentence in his murder case.
The backstory:
It was October of 2007 when Cuc Thu Tran, a mother of three from Seffner, went on a morning run and didn’t return. Her son reported her missing to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.
Separately, Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a vehicle fire in the Bull Frog Creek area of Riverview.…