TheMorningStar
January 19th, 2009, 05:21 PM
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Confessed killer Kenneth Dailey was set free on a legal technicality Friday.
Daily walked out of Riverbend Maximum Security Institution with two volunteers Friday. No family members were present.
In 2004, Daily confessed at police headquarters to strangling Nancy Marie Lyons during an act of prostitution. After Daily confessed, Metro detectives read him his Miranda rights, and he confessed again.
The Tennessee court ruled it was an illegal double confession, as he should have been given his rights before any questioning at headquarters.
Former district attorney and current defense attorney Jim Todd said Daily's guilty plea opens the door for a trial.
He wouldn't be retried; he would be tried for the first time.
Police Spokesperson Don Aaron said the case of Lyons' death is still open and active and that there are no suspects.
A new trial would call for new evidence, and both confessions would be gone. Anything else gathered during that initial investigation would be gone.
http://www.wsmv.com/2009/0116/18499028_200X150.jpgNancy Marie Lyons
http://www.wsmv.com/news/18498495/detail.html?taf=nash#-
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Confessed killer Kenneth Dailey was set free on a legal technicality Friday.
Daily walked out of Riverbend Maximum Security Institution with two volunteers Friday. No family members were present.
In 2004, Daily confessed at police headquarters to strangling Nancy Marie Lyons during an act of prostitution. After Daily confessed, Metro detectives read him his Miranda rights, and he confessed again.
The Tennessee court ruled it was an illegal double confession, as he should have been given his rights before any questioning at headquarters.
Former district attorney and current defense attorney Jim Todd said Daily's guilty plea opens the door for a trial.
He wouldn't be retried; he would be tried for the first time.
Police Spokesperson Don Aaron said the case of Lyons' death is still open and active and that there are no suspects.
A new trial would call for new evidence, and both confessions would be gone. Anything else gathered during that initial investigation would be gone.
http://www.wsmv.com/2009/0116/18499028_200X150.jpgNancy Marie Lyons
http://www.wsmv.com/news/18498495/detail.html?taf=nash#-