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Jackson County, Kansas, officials are seeking to recoup about $80,000 is public money paid to a special prosecutor accused of mishandling a controversial a case where a man's rape convictions were overturned on appeal.
Jackson County is hoping to recoup money paid to special prosecutor Jacqie Spradling after convictions were reversed.
Jackson County sex crimes defendant Jacob C. Ewing has accepted a plea agreement expected to bring him 10 years in prison for two sexual assaults, for which he was previously convicted but saw his convictions overturned upon appeal. Ewing, 26, of Holton, pleaded guilty Friday in Jackson County District Court to two counts of aggravated sexual battery, said Jackson County Attorney Shawna Miller. As part of the arrangement, both sides agreed to accept a sentence of 10 years incarceration in one case and two years, eight months, in the other, with both sentences running at the same time, Mi...
Ethics hearing for Kansas prosecutor accused of misconduct ends; decision pending Katie Bernard and Katie Moore, The Kansas City Star Dec. 11—A week-long disciplinary hearing concerning misconduct complaints against a Kansas prosecutor concluded Friday with a three-attorney panel in Topeka announcing its decision will come at a later date. Jacqie Spradling, a former Shawnee County prosecutor who now practices in Bourbon and Allen counties, was accused by the Kansas Disciplinary Administrator's Office of misconduct in a Topeka double murder trial and a Holton rape case. The c...