A George Soros-backed prosecutor facing a legal effort by Missouri's attorney general to fire her now has another hurdle to overcome: a challenger for next year's election.
Republican Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey argues that St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner ‘unlawfully’ ‘refuses to do her job’ after he says she dismissed almost 12,000 cases.in St. Louis who's facing a legal effort by Missouri's attorney general to fire her for allegedly neglecting her duties now has another hurdle to overcome: A challenger for next year's election who similarly claims the incumbent isn't doing her job.
Mueller, 37, is a St. Louis native and political novice but thinks his city is at an inflection point and needs immediate change.SOROS-BACKED PROSECUTOR MIRED IN SCANDAL FACING NEW COMPLAINTS OF NEGLIGENCE, MISCONDUCT In March 2021, Henning, 21, was charged with murder. Five months later, police processed DNA evidence collected from the scene that suggested someone else was there. According to Mueller, however, the Circuit Attorney's Office waited six months to disclose that evidence to him and still didn't drop the charges. He also said prosecutors had ballistics evidence tying the killing to a murder committed by another man but sat on it for over a year.St.
"The court finds that there have been repeated delays by the state in obtaining discovery and providing it to the defense," the judge wrote."There has been a lack of diligence on the part of the state in following up and providing discovery to the defendant in a timely fashion. As a result of the state's actions and lack of diligence, the court grants defendant's second motion for sanctions.
Dismissing and refiling cases has become increasingly common as Gardner's understaffed office, which has lost several lawyers in recent years, has struggled to prepare for trials, according to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch analysis.and refile the double-murder case:"In this case, the CAO was not provided evidence in a timely manner due to acknowledged staffing challenges at the police department," Gardner spokeswoman Allison Hawk said in a statement.
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