Missouri attorney general accused of malpractice for fighting Kevin Strickland's release

After 43 years behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit, Kevin Strickland was finally exonerated on Tuesday. But his hard-fought freedom came despite months of objections and delays from Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt.

Schmitt's handling of the case amounted to "prosecutorial malpractice," Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker said on Wednesday.

“I'm hot about that because it's a misunderstanding of the very basics — prosecutor 101,” Baker told KCUR’s Up To Date.

Judge James Welsh exonerated and ordered Strickland, 62, released from the Western Missouri Correctional Center on Tuesday.

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Missouri attorney general accused of malpractice for fighting Kevin Strickland's release (Original post)	Sherman A1	Nov 2021	OP
Worth while to file a grievance, I would think.	Tomconroy	Nov 2021	#1
Several Law Schools...	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Nov 2021	#2

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Sat Nov 27, 2021, 09:19 AM

Tomconroy (5,177 posts)

1. Worth while to file a grievance, I would think.

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Sat Nov 27, 2021, 12:23 PM

discntnt_irny_srcsm (17,408 posts)

2. Several Law Schools...

...incorporate the Latin word, Veritas. The translation of this linguistic foundation is "truth". Judicial officers, lawyers, criminal and civil procedure, laws and especially all aspects of prosecution must discover and preserve truth. Anything less is betrayal.

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