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Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker said the Kansas City police board should call Missouri Gov. Mike Parson and ask him not to pardon the former detective convicted in the shooting.

Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney Jean Peters Baker published a letter to Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Tuesday, asking him not to grant clemency to KCPD Det. Eric Devalkenaere.

A Missouri prosecutor asked the state’s governor not to pardon a former Kansas City police detective sentenced to six years in a man’s killing, saying in a…

(TNS) Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker on Tuesday made public a letter urging Missouri Gov. Mike Parson not to pardon a former Kansas City police detective who was convicted

Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney Jean Peters Baker-courtesy photo B

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A top prosecutor has urged Missouri Gov. Mike Parson against pardoning a former Kansas City cop convicted of second-degree involuntary manslaughter.

A top prosecutor has urged Missouri Gov. Mike Parson against pardoning a former Kansas City cop convicted of second-degree involuntary manslaughter.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is expected to issue a pardon for Eric DeValkenaere, the first Kansas City Police officer to be convicted for fatally shooting a Black man. DeValkenaere was convicted in November 2021.

DeValkenaere, a now-former KCPD detective, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in death of Cameron Lamb