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Could Corruption Case Allow Selenski to Escape Justice?

Could Corruption Case Allow Selenski to Escape Justice? - Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 5:35PM EST

Reported by: Andy Mehalshick
Tuesday, Nov 24, 2009 @ 05:35pm EST
MESHOPPEN, WYOMING COUNTY Ð The family of a murder victim in Luzerne County fears the corruption scandal at the Luzerne County Courthouse is impacting their case. They say justice is being delayed for their loved one.

It's the high profile case involving Hugo Selenski. Selenski is accused of killing Tammy Fasset and Michael Kerkowski in 2002. Both are from the Tunkhannock area.

The case has been in Luzerne County court for the past 6 years. But now with judges being indicted, others taking sudden vacations and another retiring, the Fasset family isn't so sure they will ever see justice.

Lisa Sands holds a picture of her sister Tammy Fassett. This picture and memories are all she has of her sister. She awaits the trial of Hugo Selenski, the Kingston Township man who allegedly killed Fassett and her boyfriend, Micheal Kerkowski in 2002. Their bodies were found in 2003 buried in the backyard of Selenski's Kingston Township home. 7 years later she waits for a trial.

"I don't think we're getting anywhere from anybody I actually have no faith in the court system down there with all the corruption going on," she said.

The trial is on hold while prosecutors await word from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on whether or not they can present evidence to a jury about Selenski's conviction in a brutal home invasion in the Poconos, a case that has similarities to the murders in Luzerne County.

Amid all of this, the two Luzerne County judges who have handled the Selenski case so far, Peter Paul Olszewski and Chester Muroski, both will be out at the end of the year. Olszewski has been voted out of office and Muroski will retire and come back only part time as a Senior Judge. It's unclear if he can or wants to handle the Selenski case.

With a judge shortage and an unfolding corruption investigation, Sands wonders will her family ever see justice.

Judge Muroski told Eyewitness News the Selenski case will go to trial as soon as they hear from the state Supreme Court.

As for a judge shortage, a Senior Judge from Perry County, Judge C. Joseph Rehkamp, began hearing cases this week. That helps lighten the load. Plus two newly elected judges will take the bench in January.
 


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