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Nelson Circuit Court Judge Charles Simms III followed the recommendation of a jury, which, in May, found Lawson guilty of conspiracy to commit murder and tampering with physical evidence.
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Prosecutor Shane Young asked jurors to sentence Houck to life in prison. Houck would still be eligible for parole in 20 years.
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A jury of 15 people, including three alternatives, were seated Tuesday, and opening statements will begin Wednesday morning for defendants Brooks Houck and Joseph Lawson.
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It's rare in Kentucky for murder cases to make it to trial without any of this evidence, attorneys told WDRB News.
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Lawson, 54, was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder and tampering with physical evidence on May 30.
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In an order Tuesday, Nelson Circuit Court Judge Charles Simms III wrote that "unfortunately," in the high-profile murder trial of Crystal Rogers, he must "impose limitations" on the media and public.
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The hair was sent for DNA testing but the results were never made public. No one was arrested until 2023.
Finally, about a decade after Rogers disappeared, a judge has ordered that the hairs be tested by a private laboratory, according to a two-page order Wednesday from Nelson County Judge Charles Simms III.
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Nelson County Judge Charles Simms III moved the trial from February to late May to give defense attorneys more time to review evidence in the case.
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The defense argues Lawson has not yet been shown all of the evidence against him yet, and that just recently more evidence was turned over by the federal government that was only recently discovered by prosecutors.