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Crime & Courts September 29, 2022 - 5:53 pm

Shawnee County judge agrees to change venue for new trial in double-murder case

by Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector

Shawnee County District Judge Cheryl Rios agreed Thursday to lower Dana Chandler’s bond and change the venue for a new trial in her 20-year-old double murder case.

Crime & Courts September 28, 2022 - 4:53 pm

Prosecutors persist in Topeka double-murder case despite vexed jurors, flawed testimony, no science

by Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector

As juror Ben Alford listened to Terri Anderson’s sensational story at last month’s high-profile double-murder trial in Topeka, he scribbled a big “WTF” in his notes.

Crime & Courts September 1, 2022 - 3:28 pm

Shawnee County jury can’t reach decision in high-profile, double-homicide case

by Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector

A Shawnee County District Court jury reached an impasse Thursday on whether to convict Dana Chandler of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of her ex-husband and his fiancee.

Crime & Courts August 25, 2022 - 3:08 pm

Defense attorney in Kansas cold case blasts ‘laughable’ last-second emergence of eyewitness

by Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector

The defense attorney in a high-profile double-homicide case blasted prosecutors for presenting a new witness who emerged at the end of trial to claim for the first time she saw someone who looked like Dana Chandler leave the scene of the crime in 2002.

Crime & Courts August 24, 2022 - 10:20 am

Topeka police detective’s false testimony ignites latest flash of controversy in high-profile trial

by Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector

A defense attorney on Tuesday questioned the lead detective in a high-profile double-homicide case about why he gave false testimony under oath to help prosecutors convict Dana Chandler a decade ago, igniting the latest flash of controversy in Chandler’s retrial.

Crime & Courts August 5, 2022 - 6:05 pm

High-profile Kansas trial hinges on ‘jealousy, rage and obsession’ — without physical evidence

by Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector

A Shawnee County prosecutor on Friday told jurors to forget about science as he laid out the circumstantial evidence connecting Dana Chandler to the 20-year-old killings of her ex-husband and his fiancee.

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Crime & Courts August 4, 2021 - 3:44 pm

Former D.A. faces ethics complaint for failing to stop misconduct in Topeka murder trial

by Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector

Former Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor faces an ethics complaint for prosecutorial misconduct by his assistant during the 2012 murder trial of Dana Chandler.

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