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Arkansas’ prison board will investigate when and how changes were made to a legal contract without the knowledge of state procurement officials. State legislators, prison leaders and financial officials were perplexed Tuesday about unusual language inserted into an agreement between the Arkansas Department of Corrections/Board of Corrections and the Hall Booth Smith law firm that […] The post Arkansas Board of Corrections to probe changes to special counsel contract appeared first on Arkansas Ad

The Fayette County prison board discussed concerns about defense attorneys being unable to meet with clients. District Attorney Mike Aubele, a member of the prison board, said Wednesday that both private defense attorneys and attorneys in the county’s public defender’s office have raised the issue. “I think some of this was due to the move,” […]

Mary Ann Steed, 50, through her lawyer, Andrew Alston, filed papers in Montgomery County Court indicating Steed now asserts her innocence and wants to withdraw her Jan. 24 guilty plea to felony charges of dealing in proceeds of illegal acts, theft by deception, forgery and conspiracy to dealing in unlawful proceeds in connection with incidents that occurred between April and September 2021.

Mary Ann Steed, 50, through her lawyer, Andrew Alston, filed papers in Montgomery County Court indicating Steed now asserts her innocence and wants to withdraw her Jan. 24 guilty plea to felony charges of dealing in proceeds of illegal acts, theft by deception, forgery and conspiracy to dealing in unlawful proceeds in connection with incidents that occurred between April and September 2021.

Mary Ann Steed, 50, through her lawyer, Andrew Alston, filed papers in Montgomery County Court indicating Steed now asserts her innocence and wants to withdraw her Jan. 24 guilty plea to felony charges of dealing in proceeds of illegal acts, theft by deception, forgery and conspiracy to dealing in unlawful proceeds in connection with incidents that occurred between April and September 2021.