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Kansas prosecutor who framed innocent man surrenders law license, will soon be disbarred (kansaspublicradio.org)

submitted 2 years ago by Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

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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 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago (2 children)

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

[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 19 points 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years 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 2 years ago

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

[–] ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 years ago

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

[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.world 57 points 2 years 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 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I guess those judges just wanted, Morehead.

YEEEEAAAHHH

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years 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 2 years 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!

[–] Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.world 42 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For some background on her:

‘Evilest White Woman on Earth’: The Criminal Injustice of Terra Morehead

A Criminal Injustice: How a City Ignored the Rape, Murder and Terrorism of Black Women for Four Decades

[–] teft@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years 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 2 years ago (1 children)

Hopefully she can at least be personally sued in civil court

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years 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 2 years 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.