Percy Phillips

Apr 13, 2022
Apr 13, 2022 Updated May 23, 2022

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After myriad police mistakes and delays, 1993 Louisville murder trial of gas station clerk begins

The 1993 shooting of gas station clerk Brenda Whitfield has been a travesty of justice for her family, but, finally, after nearly 30 years, the murder trial of Percy Phillips, charged in 2009, began on Wednesday.

Judge declares a mistrial in trial of man charged with 1993 Louisville murder of gas station clerk

Percy Phillips was charged with the murder in 2009, immediately after Edwin Chandler was exonerated. The case has been pending ever since.

Louisville prosecutors will not retry Percy Phillips in the 1993 murder of Brenda Whitfield

The case was immediately botched by police when the witness' statement was lost, a detective recorded over surveillance video of the shooting with a David Letterman episode and the wrong man was arrested.