Barry Scheck argued in front of the Wisconsin Supreme Court that Ralph Armstrong deserves a new trial in light of DNA evidence
Ralph Armstrong was convicted almost 25 years ago in the brutal rape and murder of a University of Wisconsin student. His attorney’s, including Scheck, asked the state Supreme Court Thursday to grant him a new trial, saying DNA evidence casts doubt on his conviction.
Charise Kamps, 19, had just finished her freshman year at UW-Madison when she was killed in her downtown apartment June 24, 1980. The daughter of a UW-Platteville professor was friends with Armstrong, then 27, who was on parole for rape and sodomy convictions in New Mexico.