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Mark Jensen

Apr 17, 2023

Wisconsin man gets life in prison for wife’s 1998 slaying

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man convicted for a second time of killing his wife with antifreeze and by suffocation in 1998 was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole. A Kenosha County judge sentenced Mark Jensen, 63, who was convicted by a jury in February of first-degree intentional homicide in the death of his […]

Feb 2, 2023

Second jury finds Wisconsin man guilty in wife’s slaying

A jury found a Wisconsin man guilty Wednesday in a second trial for killing his wife with antifreeze and by suffocation in 1998.

Jan 11, 2023

Wisconsin man’s retrial begins in wife’s antifreeze death

Prosecutors and attorneys for a Wisconsin man accused of killing his wife with antifreeze in 1998 delivered opening statements Wednesday in his retrial, nearly two years after a judge vacated his previous conviction.

Feb 23, 2022

High court won’t get involved in Wisconsin murder case

The Supreme Court is declining to disturb a decision that a Wisconsin man convicted of poisoning his wife should get a new trial.

Apr 9, 2021

Poisoning death conviction vacated, man heads back to trial

A judge has vacated the conviction of a man who is heading back to trial in Kenosha County on charges of killing his wife with antifreeze.

Feb 27, 2020

New trial on tap for Wisconsin man convicted of killing wife

A Wisconsin appellate court has ordered a new trial for a man convicted in the poisoning death in 1998 of his wife.

Nov 2, 2016

Lower bond rejected in fatal poisoning case

A man being retried in the 1998 poisoning death of his wife in Kenosha County will remain jailed on more than $1 million bond.

Oct 4, 2016

Defense seeks writings of Kenosha County man in retrial (UPDATE)

A defense attorney for the man being retried in the 2002 poisoning death of his wife in Kenosha County wants access to writings the defendant allegedly made while in prison which were seized by prosecutors.

Jan 6, 2016

Bond set for man convicted in wife’s death after poisoning (UPDATE)

A judge set a $1.2 million bond Wednesday for a Wisconsin man once convicted in his wife's death after prosecutors said he poisoned her with antifreeze in an effort to make her death look like a suicide.

Jan 3, 2016

Man to be retried in wife’s 2008 poisoning death

A Wisconsin man whose conviction in his wife's death by antifreeze-poisoning was overturned in 2013 will be retried.

Sep 30, 2015

DOJ asks appeals court to reconsider ruling in poison death

The state Justice Department has asked a federal appellate panel to reconsider overturning the conviction of a man found guilty of fatally poisoning his wife.

Sep 9, 2015

Appeals court affirms voided conviction in poisoning death

A federal appeals court has affirmed a lower court's decision to void the conviction of a Pleasant Prairie man accused of fatally poisoning his wife with antifreeze.

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