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  • NELSON LAMPE/None
  • Originally published September 6, 2010 at 8:52 a.m., updated September 6, 2010 at 11:59 a.m.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A Nebraska man imprisoned for the 1994 stabbing death of another man will be released Wednesday because of a medical condition that should keep him from being a threat to anyone, officials said.

The Nebraska Parole Board decided Aug. 26 that Charles Talley, 46, would be paroled. When he is released, he will have served 16 years of his sentence of 32-to-55 years.

Board member Esther Casmer said the board had received information about Talley's medical condition and decided that "he is of no threat to anyone at this point."

Casmer would not describe Talley's condition but did say he's in a long-term care facility.

Dawn-Renee Smith, a spokeswoman for the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, would say only that Talley has not returned to his cell at the prison in Lincoln since he was attacked on April 17, 2009. He was taken to a Lincoln hospital in critical condition.

Talley pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in July 1995. He and co-worker William Pettaway were charged in the strangling and stabbing death of 39-year-old Davis Keller during the Potter Days festival in September 1994.

Keller's body was found in Potter, 18 miles west of Sidney. All three men worked for D & L Rides and Concessions and were in town for the festival.

Talley and Pettaway attacked Keller, of Seward, after drinking with him at a bar, according to court records. Keller was mentally challenged.

Talley and Pettaway originally were charged with first-degree murder, but the charge against Pettaway was reduced in exchange for his promise to testify against Talley.

Pettaway was sentenced to consecutive terms of 8-to-12 years for aiding and abetting a first-degree assault and four-to-five years for abuse of a vulnerable adult. He was released from prison in March 2003.


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