Wednesday, February 02, 2011

P-G: Mt. Lebanon trio seeking new trial in killing

Three Mt. Lebanon High School classmates sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping two men, killing one of them and dumping his body in the Ohio River attempted Monday to appeal their conviction on the basis of ineffective counsel.

New lawyers for Craig Elias, Jared Lischner and Jared Henkel claimed that while Mr. Elias intended to testify at their 2003 trial -- providing details that could have exonerated them -- his lawyer advised him not to, wrecking all of their cases.

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