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Bridging the generations, Jaidyn Carver, 2, shares the Halloween spirit with Vivian Bryant, 92. Several hundred people crammed the downtown area of Port Townsend on Thursday afternoon with a parade followed by trick-or-treat, in which delighted local merchants handed out candy to kids and adults alike.
Double-killing retrial slated for February BY CHARLIE BERMANT
Accused double-killer’s retrial is handed to jury the case over the past 20 years. Defense attorney Roger Hunko of Port Orchard and Clallam County Prosecuting Attorney Deb Kelly gave closing arguments Wednesday, focusing on forensic evidence, demeanor evidence and motive. “I think closing arguments are particularly important in light of the amount of evidence in this case,” Taylor said.
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PORT ORCHARD — A Kitsap County jury began deliberating Thursday on the evidence presented in a six-week retrial of a Sequim man for the murders of his wife and business partner in 1993. The jury was left with “overwhelming” evidence to convict Darold “D. J.” Stenson, according to Clallam County’s top prosecutor. Stenson’s lead attorney countered that the case “reeks of reasonable doubt.” Stenson, 60, is charged a second time with first-degree premeditated murder in the shooting deaths of his wife, Denise Stenson, and business partner, Frank Hoerner, at Stenson’s exotic-bird farm near Sequim. His 1994 conviction was overturned by the state Supreme Court in May 2012. The high court remanded the case back to
Deliberations resume Monday Jury deliberations began at about 11 a.m. Thursday after Kelly gave a rebuttal argument. Deliberations will resume Monday. Hunko said the state failed to Darold “D.J.” Stenson prove beyond a reasonable doubt Awaits jury’s verdict that Stenson committed the murders. Clallam County for a new trial. But Kelly said Stenson had Last April, Clallam County “every motive in the world to Superior Court Judge S. Brooke make this look like a murder-suiTaylor granted a defense motion cide.” for a modified change of venue because of publicity surrounding TURN TO STENSON/A6
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PORT ORCHARD — A pretrial hearing in the relocated murder retrial of Michael J. Pierce will take place today in its new venue. The hearing will begin at 1:30 p.m. in Kitsap Superior Court, 619 Division St. in Port Orchard. It is the first substantive hearing in the second retrial attempt for Pierce, 38, who is accused of killing Pat and Janice Yarr of Quilcene and setting their house afire to hide the deaths March 18, 2009. Pierce was convicted in 2010 and was serving a life sentence in Walla Walla State Penitentiary when the state Court of Appeals reversed the conviction July 27 after Pierce’s attorneys successfully argued that his post-arrest statements should be suppressed. His first retrial, which was in July in Jefferson County, was stopped in its fourth day of testimony when a juror revealed that she may have witnessed a man, alleged to be Pierce, walking by the side of U.S. Highway 101 one evening, though she could not recall the exact date. During the pretrial process, defense attorney Richard Davies had moved twice for a venue change. Both were denied by Jefferson County Superior Court Judge Keith Harper.
Michael J. Pierce To appear via Skype After the juror’s revelation, Harper granted the motion, which was also supported by prosecuting attorneys. The retrial is scheduled to begin Feb. 24 in Kitsap County and is expected to last about a month, according to Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Chris Ashcraft.
Today’s hearing For today’s hearing, the prosecution and defense teams will travel to Port Orchard while Pierce will appear through a Skype connection from the Jefferson County jail in Port Hadlock. This setup was tested during a Sept. 20 meeting where the attorneys first met the judge and had no significant glitches, according to Ashcraft. TURN
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Finishing touch needed for hero house Volunteers on Saturday to hold ‘landscape party’ BY ARWYN RICE PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT ANGELES — Volunteers are needed to finish landscaping for a free specially adapted home constructed east of Port Angeles for a former Marine combat infantryman who lost both legs while serving in Afghanistan.
A “landscaping party” will be held from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday to install landscaping at the home built for Marine Cpl. Ammon Lang and his family at 72 Hidden Highlands Drive, off O’Brien Drive east of Port Angeles, said FaLeana Wech, former director of the North Peninsula Building Association. The association has teamed with Massachusetts-based Homes for Our Troops on the project. “Anyone who wants to volunteer can simply show up with their gardening equipment, such as wheelbarrows, shovels, gloves and
anything they need to do yard work,” said Wech, who became communications and public relations director for the Building Industry Association of Washington last summer. Wech, who commutes from Port Angeles to Olympia, is the daughter of Jerry Hines, owner of Sequim-based Hines Construction, general contractor on the project. Malone’s Landscaping, based in Kent, will donate the landscaping supplies, and Pacific Playground will donate play equipment for the Langs’ children. TURN
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