by Bert | Aug 21, 2019 | Kansas
After reading all 188 pages of Judge Julie Robinson’s opinion addressing how prosecutors have dealt with the multi-year attorney-client phone/visit-recording scandal in Kansas, it is astonishing that the US Attorney’s Office in Kansas continues to employ so many of...
by Bert | Apr 13, 2018 | Kansas
It is rare to see a court forcefully and thoroughly shame a prosecutor; even in instances of egregious misconduct, courts often avoid naming the lawyers responsible, silently observing an unspoken code that has long shielded prosecutors from meaningful scrutiny....
by Sophie | May 9, 2014 | California, Kansas, Louisiana, The Open File Blog, West Virginia
This week in the news, a few prosecutors were seen holding their hats in their hands while they answered to judges and the public for committing misconduct. But in some cases, they just couldn’t resist maintaining that they were in the right. Let’s take a...
by OpenFile | Oct 22, 2013 | Kansas, The Open File Blog
Reuters reports that last Friday, October 18, the state Supreme Court of Kansas unanimously found that former state Attorney General Phill Kline violated the state bar’s Rules of Professional Conduct in his prosecution of abortion providers. It took two years...
