The prosecutor in the Mechele Linehan case says a decision will be made soon whether to re-indict the woman convicted of conspiring to kill a man in 2007.
Decision expected soon on Linehan retrial, prosecutors say
The prosecutor in the Mechele Linehan case says a decision will be made soon whether to re-indict the woman convicted of conspiring to kill a man in 2007.
Linehan flies south after judge clears obstructions
She was once locked up for the murder of her fiance, but with her conviction and indictment both tossed, Mechele Linehan is now free to go, a judge determined Tuesday.
Judge dismisses murder indictment against Linehan
An Anchorage Superior Court judge has dismissed a murder indictment against Mechele Linehan, accused of conspiring to kill her fiance in 1996.
Linehan lawyer wants indictment thrown out (9/9/11)
The lawyer for accused murderer Mechele Linehan is urging a judge to toss the murder indictment against her, arguing that a key piece of evidence considered by a grand jury was ruled inadmissible in her first trial.
Linehan cancels request for medical leave
Mechele Linehan on Friday withdrew a request to leave the state for medical treatment after a bail scare that could have sent her back to jail.
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Linehan withdraws request to leave state
Mechele Linehan today withdrew a request to leave the state for medical treatment after a bail scare that could have sent her back to jail. Awaiting retrial for the 1996 killing of Kent Leppink, Linehan has been out on bail since May of last year.
Linehan asks to travel for medical procedure
A Washington woman accused of conspiring to kill a former fiance outside Anchorage has asked a judge for permission to travel home for a medical procedure.
2 charged in '08 prison slaying of John Carlin
Two men have been charged in connection with the 2008 prison slaying of John Carlin III, who was serving a 99-year term after being convicted, as was Mechele Linehan, in a 1996 slaying, according to an indictment released Thursday evening.
Judge delays Linehan's second murder trial
A judge in Anchorage has pushed back the trial for an Olympia, Wash., woman accused of conspiring to kill a man.
Judge relaxes bail rules for murder suspect Linehan
Mechele Linehan is being released from house arrest and will be allowed out and about in Anchorage with an ankle bracelet tracking her movements as she awaits her second murder trial.
Linehan seeks more freedom while out on bail
Mechele Linehan wants a Superior Court judge to loosen her bail conditions so she can lead a more normal life as she prepares her defense in her upcoming murder trial.
Judge OKs Linehan's mother as third-party custodian
Sandy McWilliams, Mechele Linehan's mother, on Wednesday was added to the list of third-party custodians approved to monitor Linehan, who is facing a second murder trial.
Troopers say they mishandled case of killing in prison
Alaska State Troopers say they have mishandled the investigation into the beating death of prison inmate John Carlin III, the alleged co-conspirator with Mechele Linehan in the 1996 Kent Leppink murder. They have vowed to move forward with the case and file charges.
Charges surface in cold case killing
Two former Alaskans -- one a steelworker, the other a dancer at the Great Alaskan Bush Company -- have been charged in the murder of the woman's fiance in Alaska a decade ago.
Carlin gives his views of Linehan
Throughout the murder trial of Mechele Linehan, the cast of characters included two men who never appeared. One was the victim, Kent Leppink. The other was John Carlin, who has been watching and reading about the trial from the Anchorage Jail.
Carlin sentenced to 99 years for Leppink murder
John Carlin talked for an hour at his sentencing Friday, proclaiming his innocence and offering a detailed rebuttal of the state's case against him. But he failed to sway the judge, who sentenced him to the maximum 99 years in prison.
Now free, Linehan sets up a new life
Mechele Linehan's moment of freedom Tuesday night was not what she had expected after 2 1/2 years in Hiland Mountain prison. Her husband and daughter weren't waiting outside the razor-wire fence. It was her court-appointed third-party custodian, an Anchorage woman she hardly knew, who was there to whisk her back to society.
Stranger puts up bail, Linehan leaves prison
After spending two and a half years in prison on a murder conviction that has since been thrown out, Mechele Linehan was released on bail Tuesday night when an East Coast businessman donated $25,000 to get her out.
Judge rejects Linehan bail offer
A Superior Court judge on Friday turned down a request from a strip club and hotel owner to put up some of his property as bail to free accused killer Mechele Linehan.
Motel, club owner offers property to cover Linehan bail
An Anchorage strip club and hotel owner who says he has never met accused killer Mechele Linehan wants to put up his property as collateral to let her go free on bail. A judge has to OK the offer.
Judge OKs bail for Linehan; $25,000 gets her out of prison
Mechele Linehan, convicted of murder but now awaiting a new trial after a higher court threw out the 2007 verdict, may go free on bail until her second appearance before a jury, a state Superior Court judge decided Wednesday.
Linehan seeks public defender for second murder trial
Mechele Linehan, who has remained behind bars since her conviction for murder was overturned three months ago, appeared in court Tuesday to begin the process of getting out on bail and preparing for a new trial.
Linehan taken from prison to hospital for emergency surgery
Mechele Linehan, whose high-profile murder conviction was overturned this year and who will stand trial again for the 1996 killing of Kent Leppink, was rushed from prison to an Anchorage hospital last week for emergency surgery, her mother says.
Prosecutors say Linehan will again stand trial for murder (2/23/10)
Mechele Linehan, whose murder conviction was overturned this month by a higher Alaska court, will be tried again for the 1996 murder of her former fiance, state prosecutors said Monday.
Son of convicted murderer sues for father's prison death
The son of John Carlin III, convicted along with Mechele Linehan in a 1996 murder, is suing the Alaska Department of Corrections for his father's brutal prison death.
Court overturns Linehan conviction
The Alaska Court of Appeals Friday overturned the murder conviction of Mechele Linehan, leaving it to state prosecutors to decide whether to retry the former Anchorage stripper.
Appeals court hears arguments in Linehan murder case
A "letter from the grave" became the center of discussion Thursday when the Alaska Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in the case of Mechele Linehan, who is hoping to overturn her conviction for the 1996 murder of a former fiance.
Linehan appeal of murder conviction begins this week
The Alaska Court of Appeals on Thursday will hear oral arguments to overturn the 2007 conviction of Mechele Linehan, serving a 99-year-sentence for the murder of her former fiance.
Officials didn't protect Carlin, prisoner says
More than five months after one of Alaska's most notorious criminals was beaten to death in prison, state troopers have not filed charges. Court documents involving another prisoner, though, may shed some light on what happened to John Carlin, best known as the gunman in the 1996 "stripper murder."
Mechele Linehan remains free on bail and withdraws her request to leave the state for medical treatment at a hearing Friday afternoon August 26, 2011 at Nesbett Courthouse.
On Wednesday, April 2, 2008, Superior Court Judge Philip Volland sentenced Mechele Linehan to 99 years in prison for her role in the murder of Kent Lippink.
Images from Mechele Linehan's sentencing. Linehan, convicted of setting up the murder of a former boyfriend, was sentenced in Anchorage Superior Court on Friday, March 28, 2008.
Images from Mechele Linehan's trial. Linehan, convicted of setting up the murder of a former boyfriend, was convicted in Anchorage Superior Court on October 22, 2008.
John Carlin was convicted in 2007 of conspiring with Mechele Linehan, a former Anchorage stripper turned soccer mom, in the 1996 shooting death of Linehan's fiance, Kent Leppink.
On May 3, 1996, Alaska State Troopers interviewed Mechele Linehan for the first time after Kent Leppink's murder. Troopers don't tell Linehan that her friend has been killed until 20 minutes into the interview. In the audio recording, Linehan tells Troopers about her relationship with the victim. Only a couple minutes of this tape was played for the jury in Linehan's first trial.
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