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Arizona killer’s death penalty overturned
By reviewjournal.com- Dave Hawkins
Published: 12/19/2014

KINGMAN, Ariz. — The Arizona Supreme Court on Thursday overturned the death sentence of a Kingman man who was convicted of first-degree murder.

Darrell Ketchner, 55, was convicted of stabbing to death 18-year-old Ariel Allison on July 4, 2009. The jury also found him guilty of charges associated with shooting and wounding Ariel’s mother, Jennifer Allison, the mother of Ketchner’s three youngest children.

The court ruled that the trial was flawed by the state’s use of an expert who testified about profiles of domestic violence cases. The justices held that the testimony might have been prejudicial for the jury.

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