{Kentucky}...In a news conference Wednesday, Jefferson Commonwealth’s Attorney Dave Stengel said his office is “moving in the direction” of clearing Kerry R. Porter, a man who has spent 14 years behind bars for murder. In March 2010, a cooperating government witness told police and prosecutors Porter was innocent in the 1996 murder of Tyrone Camp. The witness accused Juan Leotis Sanders of being the killer. Stengel said DNA tests were “negative” on Porter, but police are still awaiting results that might show who committed the crime. Porter’s lawyer, Melanie Lowe, an assistant public advocate, says Porter, 49, who is serving 60 years for murder at the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex in West Liberty, is eager to “get back to his life, the part of it that remains.” Porter was also convicted of receiving stolen property and burglary. Lowe said he stole scrap metal to support a drug addiction he had at the time.
