Indiana man wants new trial in killing of teens where pagan ritual evidence can be introduced
Allen says his confessions came during a psychological crisis and that jurors never heard his alternate ritual-killing theory.
- On Monday, Richard Allen's case went before the Indiana Court of Appeals as the man serving 130 years seeks to overturn his murder conviction, citing mental health struggles and a barred defense theory.
- Defense attorneys Stacy Uliana and Mark Leeman argue solitary confinement caused Allen's psychological collapse; he lost 40 pounds, suffered physical abuse, and became unable to care for himself while awaiting trial in Carroll County.
- Allen's trial attorneys sought to argue the killings were a ritual sacrifice by people who worshipped Odin, but prosecutors successfully blocked this theory, calling it a "sideshow."
- Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita argued discovery materials forced Allen to confront his crimes, while prosecutors maintain jurors had sufficient evidence to convict him even without his confessions.
- The appeal also challenges inconsistencies in witness descriptions of a suspicious man near the Delphi trail and questions why an expert was barred from challenging the ballistic evidence linking a bullet to Allen's handgun.
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Man convicted of killing Indiana teens wants new trial and blames confessions under psychosis
A man serving 130 years in prison for killing two teens in Indiana is appealing his convictions. Richard Allen says his confessions came during a psychological crisis and wants to present evidence suggesting the killings were a pagan ritual. The…
Indiana man wants new trial in killing of teens with pagan ritual evidence introduced
A man serving 130 years in prison for killing two teen girls in Indiana is asking an appeals court to overturn his convictions, saying that he confessed while he was having a psychological crisis and was unfairly barred from arguing at trial that the girls were killed by unknown participants in a pagan ritual.
Indiana man wants new trial in killing of teens where pagan ritual evidence can be introduced - Regional Media News
A man serving 130 years in prison for killing two teen girls in Indiana is asking an appeals court to overturn his convictions, saying that he confessed while he was having a psychological crisis and was unfairly barred from arguing at trial that the girls [...]
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