butterbean
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 Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 9:31 am Post subject: Hmong Mass-Murderer Files Appeal |
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MADISON, WIS. - The St. Paul man serving life prison sentences for killing six deer hunters in northern Wisconsin in 2004 disagrees with his attorney that there are no grounds to appeal his convictions, according to court documents filed Friday.
Chai Soua Vang, 37, mailed eight pages of handwritten documents from a prison in Iowa to the Wisconsin Court of Appeals in response to his attorney's conclusion about the case, deputy clerk Sheelah Guild said.
In his petition, Vang asserts that his confession to the crimes should have been set aside and kept from the jury during his trial. He claims he was denied an opportunity to speak to a lawyer before he gave the statement to investigators the morning after his arrest. In addition, Vang repeated his claim that he acted in self-defense during the confrontation with his victims and said there was insufficient evidence to convict him of first-degree intentional homicide.
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