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Mark Jensen Re-Trial a Year Away

Kenosha---Mark Jensen, the defendant in a 14 year-old murder case that gained national attention, was back in court Wednesday.

Jensen is accused of using anti-freeze to kill his wife in the couple's Pleasant Prairie home. He was convicted with the help of a 'letter-from-the-grave' in which Julie Jensen wrote before she died that her husband might be plotting to kill her. A federal appeals court eventually ruled that the letter was improperly used as evidence and ordered a new trial.

Deja Vishny from the Public Defenders Office now has the case. She told Judge Chad Kerkman Wednesday that she probably won't be ready for trial until a year from now.

In the meantime, Jensen remains in the Kenosha County Jail on a bond of $1.2 million.

Another scheduling conference will be held in July.

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