Lawyers Ask Judge to Amend Ruling in Sarah Johnson Case

KETCHUM, Idaho (AP) — The attorneys for a woman convicted of killing her parents have requested that a central Idaho judge amend a previous order rejecting the woman's request for acquittal or a new trial.

The Idaho Mountain Express report that lawyers for 27-year-old Sarah Johnson filed the motion earlier this month in 5th District Court. Attorneys Keith Roark, Dennis Benjamin and Deborah Whipple contend that Judge G. Richard Bevan was wrong in his assessment that new DNA evidence couldn't exonerate Johnson.

Johnson was 16 in 2003, when prosecutors say she shot 46-year-old Alan Johnson and 52-year-old Diane Johnson with a rifle at the family's Bellevue home. Johnson was found guilty on two counts of first-degree murder and was sentenced in 2005 to life in prison without parole.