US Court Asked To Reinstate Death Sentence In Madison Co. Murders

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — AP News reports the Indiana attorney general’s office is asking a federal appeals court to reinstate the death sentence of a man convicted of killing a Madison County woman and her young daughter. AP News says the attorney general's office's filing asks the full U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago to review a January decision from a three-judge panel that found 46-year-old Frederick Baer had ineffective legal counsel during his trial. The panel sent the case back to a Madison County court for a new sentencing hearing, according to AP News.

AP News says the 46-year-old Indianapolis man was convicted of the 2004 murders of 26-year-old Cory Clark and her 4-year-old daughter Jenna at their Madison County home near Lapel, just northeast of Indianapolis.

The attorney general’s office argues the federal appeals court wrongly “nitpicked” state court decisions upholding Baer’s death sentence.

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