The revelations about the compromised cases illustrate the growing fallout over former U.S. District Court Judge Joshua Kindred’s resignation, and the disturbing impact on the integrity of criminal cases in Alaska’s federal court.
Alaska federal prosecutors have identified nearly two dozen criminal cases in which a federal judge who resigned in disgrace this month had an undisclosed conflict of interest with attorneys who appeared before him.by the 9th Circuit that became public last week.
The revelations about the compromised cases illustrate the growing fallout over Kindred’s resignation, and the disturbing impact on the integrity of criminal cases in Alaska’s federal court. In the email, Wilson listed 23 cases that involved federal prosecutors with apparent conflicts due to their interactions with Kindred. The cases include theft of firearms, drug distribution, felon in possession of a firearm and other serious cases, some with multiple defendants. Some of the cases are closed. Some Kindred recused himself from in 2022, when the judicial investigation began.
The Alaska Federal Defender, which is charged with legal representation of indigent defendants charged with federal crimes in Alaska, will be conducting its own investigation, she said.
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