KIP represents Hope White in her efforts to secure DNA testing of items that have the power to prove her innocence. Hope has maintained her innocence for 15 years. Hope was convicted of the murder of the murder of Julie Burchett in Monticello, Kentucky in 2009. Many items of biological evidence were left untested at the time of her trial. She was convicted based largely on the inconsistent testimony of three purported eye-witnesses with pending charges. KIP filed for post-conviction DNA testing based on the Kentucky statute KSR 422.285 in 2020. Hope was denied this DNA testing by the original trial court, the Court of Appeals, and most recently the Kentucky Supreme Court denied discretionary review of this request. KIP continues to fight to the test the DNA evidence in Hope’s case.
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