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Was is a 'Rumspringa' slaying or a coerced confession? WDRB first highlighted the case of Amish man Daniel Hostetler last summer. He was convicted of manslaughter related to a 2012 death once ruled to be a suicide. But now Hostetler is a free man -- one of hundreds to receive a pardon from former Gov. Matt Bevin in his final days in office. Travis Ragsdale and Jason Riley, the reporters who first brought Hostetler's case to light, discuss the story's wild twists and turns.
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SUNDAY EDITION | Suicide or ‘rumspringa’ slaying? Kentucky Amish man fights his conviction
Amish man at center of 'sickening' manslaughter case released from prison
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Was is a 'Rumspringa' slaying or a coerced confession? WDRB first highlighted the case of Amish man Daniel Hostetler last summer. He was convicted of manslaughter related to a 2012 death once ruled to be a suicide. But now Hostetler is a free man -- one of hundreds to receive a pardon from former Gov. Matt Bevin in his final days in office. Travis Ragsdale and Jason Riley, the reporters who first brought Hostetler's case to light, discuss the story's wild twists and turns.
Background:
SUNDAY EDITION | Suicide or ‘rumspringa’ slaying? Kentucky Amish man fights his conviction
Amish man at center of 'sickening' manslaughter case released from prison