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Devils Lake man fights for new trial 35 years after 1986 murder conviction
Kunkel's defense argues withheld evidence shows the victim alive days after the murder date, potentially justifying a new trial after over 30 years of conviction.
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Devils Lake man fights for new trial 35 years after 1986 murder conviction
DEVILS LAKE — More than 30 years after being convicted of murder, a Devils Lake man is fighting to clear his name this week. Werner Kunkel, 65, is serving a life sentence for the 1986 murder of Gilbert Fassett. Kunkel has always maintained he did not commit the crime. A three-day hearing that began Wednesday, Jan. 7, in Devils Lake is not to determine whether Kunkel is innocent, but to decide whether he should receive a new murder trial, claimi…
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