LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Kentucky Supreme Court has thrown out the double murder conviction of a Louisville man sentenced to life in prison for the 2020 ambush killing of a father and his 3-year-old daughter.

The court said Thursday that the trial judge erred when he didn’t declare a mistrial after a juror learned that a witness was accused of perjury during the 2022 trial of Kevon Lawless.

Prosecutors said Friday that they will seek to retry Lawless.

“Our prosecutors will proactively pursue a conviction based on the evidence and ensure accountability,” Jefferson County Commonwealth’s Attorney Gerina Whethers said in a news release. Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman said the child's killing was “personal” for him, since he stood with the girl's mother by her coffin in 2020.

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