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Mackenzie Clark / The Lawrence Times
Crime & Courts October 6, 2023 - 4:42 pm

Judge tentatively dismisses Rontarus Washington Jr.’s wrongful incarceration case

by Mackenzie Clark

A federal judge has granted motions to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a man who was in custody of the Douglas County jail for more than five years while his case was still pending.

Mackenzie Clark/Lawrence Times
Crime & Courts February 15, 2023 - 5:49 pm

Rontarus Washington Jr., detained more than 5 years before murder case was dismissed, files lawsuit against Douglas County

by Mackenzie Clark

A man who was in custody of the Douglas County jail for more than five years while his case was still pending has filed a federal lawsuit against the county and its top elected law enforcement officials.

Mackenzie Clark / The Lawrence Times
Crime & Courts September 2, 2022 - 5:19 pm

Rontarus Washington Jr. takes first step toward wrongful incarceration lawsuit against Douglas County

by Mackenzie Clark

Rontarus Washington Jr., who spent several years behind bars charged with murder in a case that was eventually dismissed, has taken the first step toward filing a $3 million wrongful incarceration lawsuit against Douglas County.

Mackenzie Clark/The Lawrence Times
Crime & Courts December 22, 2021 - 6:06 pm

Cases against Rontarus Washington Jr., Albert Wilson dismissed

by Mackenzie Clark

The Douglas County district attorney has dismissed long-pending cases against Rontarus Washington Jr. and Albert Wilson, the office announced Wednesday.

Mackenzie Clark / The Lawrence Times
Crime & Courts October 4, 2021 - 4:29 pm

Rontarus Washington Jr. doesn’t have to keep ankle monitor on, judge rules

by Mackenzie Clark

Rontarus Washington Jr. will be able to have his GPS ankle monitor removed, the judge ruled Monday. Washington appeared overcome with relief.

Mackenzie Clark / The Lawrence Times
Crime & Courts September 27, 2021 - 4:12 pm

Hearings set for Rontarus Washington Jr. case up to July 2022 retrial

by Mackenzie Clark

On one of numerous dates that Rontarus Washington Jr.’s case was once set to go to retrial, counsel instead met Monday to firm up deadlines and hearings leading up to a trial nearly 10 months away.

Mackenzie Clark/Lawrence Times
Crime & Courts July 16, 2021 - 3:36 pm

Rontarus Washington Jr.’s retrial date set — July 2022

by Mackenzie Clark

Rontarus Washington Jr. will go to trial, for the second time, in 367 days.

Mackenzie Clark
Crime & Courts June 9, 2021 - 8:37 pm

Rontarus Washington Jr.’s attorney on podcast: Hopeful to convince DA that case isn’t a ‘sound prosecution’

by Mackenzie Clark

An attorney who has signed on to the long-pending Rontarus Washington Jr. case said on a podcast released Wednesday that he had to apologize to his wife for taking another case in Kansas: “There’s no way I’m letting this go.”

Mackenzie Clark/Lawrence Times
Crime & Courts May 4, 2021 - 6:03 pm

Retrial for Rontarus Washington Jr. could come in 2022; alternative suspect won’t be charged in alleged sex crime

by Mackenzie Clark

Rontarus Washington Jr. appeared in court with one of his new Innocence Project defense attorneys Tuesday afternoon, and two others appeared via Zoom. Meanwhile, the Franklin County attorney says he will not prosecute the defense’s alternative suspect in an alleged sex crime attempt.

Mackenzie Clark
Crime & Courts April 20, 2021 - 5:59 pm

Rontarus Washington Jr. to be represented by Innocence Project, attorney tells judge

by Mackenzie Clark

Rontarus Washington Jr.’s longtime defense counsel has withdrawn from the case, but it seems they’ll be replaced by the Midwest Innocence Project plus one of the two attorneys who recently argued — successfully — that Albert Wilson should get a new trial.

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