MARK JENSEN TRIAL - QUICK LINKS

This page was last updated 02/14/2023  at 9:45am PT Sprocket.

UPDATE: 2/14/23 Mark Jensen Found Guilty in Retrial

UPDATE: 1/12/23 Court TV covers Mark Jensen Retrial

UPATE 9/28/19 (5/20/19) 7th Circuit Takes a Pass on Giving Mark Jensen a New Trial
 The same federal appeals court that granted Mark Jensen an apparent second chance to convince a jury he didn't poison his wife with antifreeze in 1998 has now declined to repeat that move, marking the latest strange turn in the case.

UPDATE 5/28/18 (10/3/17) Defense Lawyers: Release Mark Jensen, bar retrial for wife's death because of 'egregious' state actions - After what they call an unprecedented maneuver by a Kenosha County judge last month, lawyers for Mark D. Jensen have asked the federal judge who first threw out his 2008 conviction to not only release Jensen from prison but bar the state from retrying him for his wife's 1998 death from anti-freeze poisoning.    


UPDATE 5/28/18 (9/1/17) Mark Jensen's Murder Conviction Reinstated - Kenosha Circuit Judge Chad Kerkman has reinstated Mark Jensen’s conviction for the murder of Jensen’s wife, Julie.
Kenosha CountyUPDATE 5/4/16: Retrial may be delayed until 2017. Robert Jambois is re-prosecuting. Defense attorney is Deja Vishny. Jensen has been transferred from prison to the Kenosha County Jail. He is still being held on $1.2 million bond.
UPDATE: Appeals Court Upholds Vacated Conviction of Mark Jensen.

SYNOPSIS:
Mark D. Jensen accused of poisoning his wife via ethelglycol (anit-freeze).  On December 18, 2013, Jensen's Feb. 2008 conviction for murder was vacated by a Federal Court. It did not mean that Jensen could immediately go free. The state replied in motions indicating the Judge errored in his ruling.

Here is a good synopsis with images of the Mark D. Jensen case by Janine Anderson.

Case Players
Prosecution: Special Prosecutor Robert Jambois
Defense: Craig Albee
Victim: Julie Jensen
Defendant: Mark D. Jensen

Short Timeline
12/03/98: Julie Jensen dies.
03/20/02: Mark Jensen is charged with Julie's murder.
01/03/08: Jury selection begins
02/22/08: Mark Jensen is convicted.

2016 T&T Case Updates
01/06/2016 Mark Jensen Convicted of Antifreeze Poisoning of wife to be Retried


T&T Trial Coverage
January 2008
01/06/08 Mark Jensen Murder Trial Starts Tomorrow
01/07/08 Mark Jensen Murder Trial Day One
01/09/08 Mark Jensen Murder Trial Day Two & Three
01/11/08 Guest Entry - The Witness's Mind by Donchais
01/12/08 Donchais Covers the Mark Jensen Trial
01/17/08 Mark Jensen Murder Trial Day 8
01/18/08 Mark Jensen Murder Trial Day 9
01/18/08 Mark Jensen Murder Trial Day 10
01/22/08 Mark Jensen Murder Trial Day 11
01/22/08 Mark Jensen Murder Trial Observations
01/24/08 Mark Jensen Murder Trial Day 12
01/24/08 Mark Jensen Murder Trial Day 13
01/25/08 Mark Jensen Murder Trial - Donchais Commentary
01/26/08 Mark Jensen Murder Trial Day 14
01/26/08 Mark Jensen Murder Trial - Donchais Notes
01/28/08 Mark Jensen Murder Trial Day 15
01/29/08 Mark Jensen Murder Trial Day 16
01/30/08 Guest Entry: Ritanita’s Musings About the Mark Jensen Trial
01/31/08 Mark Jensen Murder Trial Day 17

February 2008
02/01/08 Mark Jensen Murder Trial Day 18
02/01/08 The 2800 in the Mark Jensen Murder Trial
02/01/08 Mark Jensen Murder Trial Day 19
02/04/08 Mark Jensen Murder Trial Day 20
02/05/08 Mark Jensen Murder Trial Day 21
02/06/08 Mark Jensen Murder Trial - No Court Today
02/07/08 Mark Jensen Murder Trial Day 22
02/09/08 Mark Jensen Murder Trial Day 23
02/11/08 Mark Jensen Murder Trial Day 24
02/13/08 Mark Jensen Murder Trial Day 25
02/13/08 Mark Jensen Murder Trial - Commentary
02/13/08 Mark Jensen Murder Trial Day 26
02/14/08 Mark Jensen Does Not Take The Stand
02/14/08 Mark Jensen Murder Trial Day 27
02/15/08 Mark Jensen Murder Trial Day 28
02/15/08 Mark Jensen Murder Trial - Both Sides Rest!
02/18/08 Mark Jensen Murder Trial Day 29 Closing Arguments
02/18/08 Mark Jensen Murder Trial - Commentary on Closings
02/19/08 Mark Jensen Murder Trial Day 30
02/19/08 Mark Jensen Murder Trial Day 30 - Deliberations Continue
02/20/08 Mark Jensen Murder Trial Day 31 - Deliberations Day 2
02/21/08 Mark Jensen Murder Trial Day 32 - Deliberations Day 3
02/21/08 Mark Jensen Murder Trial VERDICT!
02/21/08 Mark Jensen Guilty & Jurors Speak
02/29/08 Mark Jensen Sentencing: LWOP

March-July 2008
03/04/08 Giving, The Red Cross, Mark Jensen & Others
03/16/08 Kelly LaBonte Jensen: Yikes!
07/01/08 Depression & Suicide - The Murderer's Defense
 
Other Media News & Websites
Murdepedia - Mark Jensen trial photos
Our Sister Julie - Maintained by victim's relatives; extensive timeline of events
Mark Jensen Legal Defense - Support Website
09/30/15 NBC15- DOJ Asks Appeals Court to Reconsider Ruling
01/06/16 Fox6Now - Judge Set's Bail at 1.2 mil in 1998 antifreeze death of wife