A Kentucky man convicted in the stabbing deaths of his two sisters has been sentenced.
Judge John Atkins sentenced 66 year-old Robert Jerry Rogers on Thursday (11/2) to 20 years on both murder counts, to be served concurrently. Atkins ruled Rogers was not insane when he killed Joanne Rogers and Francis Carolyn Coleman in August 2016, but acknowledged his mental illness. Rogers was found guilty but mentally ill on Tuesday.
Family members and Rogers’ defense team had requested leniency because of Rogers’ mental illness.
Commonwealth’s Attorney Lynn Pryor had asked for a harsher sentence, pointing out that the case would have been eligible for the death penalty.
Rogers attorney Clay Beineke says he’s disappointed with the ruling but satisfied with the sentence as it’s the minimum.
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