US EditionKentucky high court overturns man’s murder convictions in the killing of a father and young daughter
The Kentucky Supreme Court vacated Kevon Lawless' life sentences due to trial errors involving a key witness's perjury and improper jury information, remanding for possible retrial.
- On Oct 24, 2025 the Kentucky Supreme Court overturned Kevon Lawless' guilty verdict and vacated his convictions, remanding the case to Jefferson Circuit Court in Louisville, Kentucky.
- Because jurors learned that a witness was arrested for perjury, the court said Judge McKay Chauvin wrongly denied motions to postpone the trial and to prevent jurors learning about Evan Ross's arrest.
- Found guilty on Sept. 23, 2022, Kevon Lawless received two life sentences without parole in November 2023, with prosecutors saying the Aug. 14, 2020 shootings occurred on the 3,700 block of Kahlert Avenue.
- Prosecutors said they will seek to retry Kevon Lawless and Gerina Whethers pledged to pursue a conviction while Lawless remains jailed at the Kentucky State Penitentiary.
- Now nearly two years after the verdict, the Kentucky Supreme Court reversed the conviction despite filings from Russell Coleman, Kentucky Attorney General, who called the killing `personal`.
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Kentucky high court overturns man’s murder convictions in the killing of a father and young daughter
The Kentucky Supreme Court has thrown out the double murder conviction of a Louisville man sentenced to life in prison for the ambush killing of a father and his 3-year-old...
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Kentucky high court overturns man's murder convictions in the killing of a father and young daughter
The Kentucky Supreme Court has thrown out the double murder conviction of a Louisville man sentenced to life in prison for the ambush killing of a father and his 3-year-old daughter in 2020.
Kentucky Supreme Court overturns conviction in murders of Louisville man, his 3-year-old daughter
Kevon Lawless was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in 2022 after being found guilty of two counts of murder and one count of burglary for killing Trinity Randolph and her father, Brandon Waddles, in 2020.
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