Missouri’s highest court says it won’t intervene in a lawsuit by activists seeking an independent probe of a prosecutor’s handling of grand jury proceedings in the Ferguson police shooting of Michael Brown. The Missouri Supreme Court announced in an order obtained by media outlets Friday that it won’t hear the matter. Activists were challenging a state appellate court’s May conclusion that a …
A federal lawsuit filed last week accuses Gadsden’s municipal court judge and prosecutor of violating the constitutional rights of one woman by charging unlawful fees and preventing an open court. Alexander City attorney Eric Hutchins filed the lawsuit on behalf of Lasheta McGruder, who appeared in court on a tampering with evidence charge. According to the suit, filed Sept. 1, McGruder was …
Veteran Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Det. Jeffrey Scozzafava’s lawsuit, in which he alleges that unqualified officials were put in charge of the office’s Forensics Unit, outlines how evidence was improperly handled and, in one high profile case, reportedly destroyed. The lawsuit, filed April 20, claims that when Scozzafava pointed out their errors in several cases, he was retaliated …