October 16, 2025 FRANKFORT, KY: John “Brandon” Lamotte was wrongfully convicted in 2019 for the alleged stabbing of his neighbor and friend Kate Sanders. Yesterday, after eight years of fighting to prove his innocence, the Kentucky Supreme Court upheld the Court of Appeals’ 2023 reversal of his conviction. “Today has been a long time coming…
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In attorney Josh Tepfer’s daughter’s AP U.S. History course, her teacher had the students conduct a trial to determine who really won the Civil War. Olive, representing the position that the South actually won, got tasked with making the closing argument. Here is her argument, re-purposed as a guest blog post. Olive Tepfer, age 16 …
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