Aviation Experts Support "ninja killer" clemency

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Aviation experts dispute plane theory used to convict Michigan’s ‘ninja killer’

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Three aviation experts have written letters to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in support of a bid for clemency by a state prisoner nicknamed the 'ninja killer' Temujin Kensu has been fighting to overturn his murder conviction for more than 30 years .

The letters cast doubt on the sensational theory that the then-23-year-old could have chartered a private plane to fly him from one end of the state to the other and shot the victim without leaving a trace.

A pilot testified that it was possible for Kensu to have chartered a plane and flown from Escanaba to Port Huron and back the day of the murder.

Alibi witnesses testified at trial that they were with Kensu at those times.

Current prosecutor said he thinks his predecessor didn't need to introduce the plane theory to convict Kensu .

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