Judge agrees to revisit conviction in 1986 Spirit Lake murder case

Judge agrees to revisit conviction in 1986 Spirit Lake murder case

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. — A Devils Lake man will get one last shot at freedom, 30 years after being convicted of murder. A judge has agreed to hear 65-year-old Werner Kunkel’s claim of innocence. His lawyers argue prosecutors withheld crucial evidence that could show Kunkel did not commit the crime. Kunkel, whose name is now legally Werner Rümmer, is serving a life sentence. He was convicted at trial in 1995, nine years after 30-year-old Gilbert Fass…