by Bert | Jun 29, 2018 | Washington
“If you’re suggesting that my prosecutorial discretion was for sale, I absolutely reject that.”—King County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Satterberg A situation long brewing in King County raises important ethical questions, both locally and nationally. Investigative...
by OpenFile | Jul 25, 2013 | The Open File Blog, Washington
In 2011, a King County murder conviction was thrown out by the Washington Supreme Court because the prosecutor in the case, James Konat, had used racially charged language to taint the jury’s view of African-American witnesses. In an 8-1 ruling, the Supreme...
