Criminal case expungement clinic coming up at Lawrence library
Students with the KU School of Law’s Legal Aid Clinic will host a criminal record expungement clinic Monday at the Lawrence Public Library.
Mackenzie Clark/Lawrence Times
Albert Wilson’s wrongful conviction case is in the judge’s hands
A Douglas County judge must decide whether to believe Albert Wilson, who says he was wrongly convicted and should be compensated, or the woman who says Wilson raped her when she was 17.
Douglas County court clerk’s office to limit public hours to address records backlog from cyberattack
The Douglas County District Court clerk’s office will reduce its public hours beginning Thursday so that staff members can catch up on a backlog caused by a cyberattack on the statewide court records system.
Some drivers given incorrect court dates on traffic tickets, DA’s office says
Drivers who got citations from the Kansas Highway Patrol and who were given court dates to appear in Douglas County District Court this Friday, Dec. 29, received the wrong date.
Mackenzie Clark/Lawrence Times
Prosecutor asks panel to suspend Douglas County DA’s law license after day 3 of disciplinary hearing
The prosecutor handling a complaint against Douglas County DA Suzanne Valdez asked a disciplinary panel Wednesday to consider whether they believe the testimony of Valdez and her deputy, or that of the other 13 witnesses who testified.
Mackenzie Clark/Lawrence Times
Douglas County DA shares regrets in day 2 of disciplinary hearing
Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez became tearful as she repeatedly apologized and expressed how embarrassed she was to be sitting in her disciplinary hearing Tuesday afternoon.
Mackenzie Clark/Lawrence Times
On day 1 of disciplinary hearing, judges, ex-employees testify about harm from Douglas County DA’s actions
Derogatory public statements by the district attorney have altered Douglas County’s criminal legal system from March 2021 forward, according to testimony in the DA’s disciplinary hearing Monday.
Douglas County DA, sheriff reach compromise on long-running dispute over personnel files
Two of Douglas County’s top law enforcement officials have reached an agreement following a long dispute over access to information contained in deputies’ personnel files.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Lawrence man charged in double shooting, police chase believed conspiracy theories, fiancée testifies
The fiancée of a man charged with killing two people and firing a gun at police officers during a cross-town chase in July 2022 testified on Tuesday that the man had been acting strangely in the weeks leading up to the shootings.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Judge still to decide whether man charged in beating death of Lawrence man will face trial
A man charged with first-degree murder will have to wait until the end of the month to find out whether he will face trial for the beating death of a 62-year-old Lawrence man who claimed to be a leader of the aryan brotherhood.
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