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Terra Morehead, a longtime county and federal prosecutor who helped police frame at least one innocent man, has agreed to surrender her law license and faces disbarment. 

Morehead, who became notorious for skirting legal protections for defendants, agreed to surrender her license as part of an agreement with the Kansas Board for Discipline of Attorneys. She is awaiting disbarment from the Kansas Supreme Court, according to court filings.

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[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 112 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Disbarment doesn't even qualify as a slap on the wrist.
This woman should rot in jail for the combined sentences of everyone she ever prosecuted.
It wasn't just the one guy they know about that she framed, she had a habit of going around legal protections for defendants and it's likely that there are many people serving much longer sentences than they deserved or sentences they never deserved at all.

[–] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 72 points 7 months ago (4 children)

If you follow the innocence project at all, you will see procecutors doing their damnest to keep exculpatory evidence from being considered.

I truly cannot understand why.

[–] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 60 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Because they want the "win." They don't give a shit about justice.

[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 19 points 7 months ago

I also think it can be a power trip. And they may also think that the person is just "bad" and deserves punishment for whatever other crimes (real or imagined).

[–] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

It's like that prosecutor in Indiana that held two trials and put two different men in jail for the same crime (it was a crime that only one person could commit). Like, you know only one person could do it. So you either got the right one or not.

Did that prosecutor care? No, they got two wins under their record.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago

because prosecutors care more about wins than justice.

combine that with the back door buddy buddy relationship with the cops, and well, corruption at its finest.

[–] aniki@lemm.ee 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

We don't have a justice system. We have a fascist jobs program for assholes.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't know an attorney who calls it the justice system. They all call it the criminal/punishment system

[–] aniki@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago

And that is a lie. It only punishes poor people that can't afford freedom.

Because prosecutors are more concerned with keeping their metrics up than seeking justice.

[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.world 57 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Every single one of her cases needs to be reviewed.

Every single one of the Judges she was shacking up with needs to be reviewed.

She and the judge need to go to prison.

[–] skeptomatic@lemmy.ca 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I guess those judges just wanted, Morehead.

YEEEEAAAHHH

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

Shame she wasn't a defence attorney.

"What's it take to get your client off"

"Morehead"

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

Whats that?

Dust our hands off and leave it at her handing over her license so we dont have to deal with difficult things like letting ~~innocent people~~ filthy criminals out of jail?

What a splendid idea! Lets do that!

/s

[–] Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.world 42 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] teft@lemmy.world 19 points 7 months ago

“If white people bore the brunt of prosecutorial misconduct, we’d fix this problem in a minute,” Mystal added. “But because the victims of injustice are disproportionately black and poor, we just don’t care.”

That is the crux of the problem. There are a fuckload of racists in government.

[–] ganksy@lemmy.world 27 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Hopefully she can at least be personally sued in civil court

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Qualified immunity applies to prosecutors just like the police. This can only happen if there's an existing case on the record similar to this one.

[–] hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

It gets even more complicated.

For the suit you need evidence, but prosecutors have privilege for their whole case, so technically the inner workings are not discoverable. Now maybe the new judge / prosecutor can waive that on behalf of the government (I straight up don't know if that's possible), but either way, this is gonna get ridiculously complicated.