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Richard Allen's Prosecutors Say They Can Win Without the Confessions Using This
The State of Indiana stood in front of three appeals judges on September 21, 2026, and said the Delphi murders conviction of Richard Allen survives even if every confession is thrown out. This segment is about what the state means by that, and what the defense says is actually left.
Richard Allen is serving 130 years for killing Abby Williams and Libby German in February 2017. His appeal lawyer, Mark Leeman, told the Indiana Court of Appeals that no witness identified Allen as the man on the bridge and no DNA connects him to the girls. The physical evidence is an unfired .40-caliber cartridge…
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