Sentencing Looms for Brooks Houck, Joseph Lawson
Judge Charles Simms will sentence Brooks Houck and Joseph Lawson, convicted for the 2015 murder and conspiracy to murder Crystal Rogers, following denied motions for new trials.
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Brooks Houck, Joseph Lawson fight convictions in Crystal Rogers' murder
BARDSTOWN, Ky. (Court TV) — Less than a month after a jury found them guilty in the murder of Crystal Rogers and days before their scheduled sentencing, her former boyfriend, Brooks Houck, and his co-defendant, Joseph Lawson, are fighting their convictions, claiming their joint trial was fundamentally unfair and that prosecutors built a case on insufficient evidence. Courtroom sketches show Brooks Houck (L) and Joseph Lawson (R) in court. (Sketc…
Sentencing this week for men convicted in Crystal Rogers murder
BARDSTOWN, Ky. (ABC 36 NEWS NOW) — The final two men convicted in the disappearance and death of Crystal Rogers are set to be sentenced this week, according to ABC affiliate WHAS 11 News. Brooks Houck, Rogers’ ex-boyfriend, was found guilty of murder and evidence tampering. Joseph Lawson was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder and tampering with evidence. Their convictions stem from Rogers’ 2015 disappearance, a case that has drawn national…
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