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Judge denies appeal in 1992 vat death
By: Associated Press//January 13, 2016//
Listen to this articleGREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A judge has rejected a new trial for one of the five men still incarcerated for killing a Wisconsin paper mill co-worker in 1992.
Retired Judge James Bayorgeon on Wednesday denied Keith Kutska’s bid for a new trial.
Kutska’s attorneys argued that the theory that the victim, Tom Monfils, killed himself was not properly argued at the original trial.
But WLUK-TV reports Bayorgeon, who presided over the trial, concluded there were no grounds for a retrial.
Kutska was one of six men convicted of killing Monfils, whose body was found in a paper vat at the former James River paper mill in Green Bay. The conviction of one of the six, Michael Piaskowski, was overturned by a federal court and he was released.
An attorney for Kutska declined comment.
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