Other View: Acquitted of the crime, but still does the time
Little-known federal law allows judges to ignore a not guilty verdict and sentence men and women to prison for illegal activity of which they were acquitted.
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Little-known federal law allows judges to ignore a not guilty verdict and sentence men and women to prison for illegal activity of which they were acquitted.
Terra Morehead surrendered her law license after framing a Black man for murder, but is it enough penance for the years her victims spent in prison?
According to local officials, handwritten notes from prosecutors were found during an appeal case from a previously sentenced man.
Terra Morehead, a former Wyandotte County prosecutor and retired assistant U.S. attorney in Kansas, voluntarily surrendered her law license following a history of ethical problems.
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