Ex-deputy DA pleads his case for spot on Lawrence’s police review board
Joshua Seiden, former deputy Douglas County district attorney, says he knew his application to Lawrence’s Community Police Review Board would likely stir up some controversy.
Joshua Seiden, former deputy Douglas County district attorney, says he knew his application to Lawrence’s Community Police Review Board would likely stir up some controversy.
A panel of attorneys have released their final report on a complaint against the Douglas County district attorney, and they’re recommending she receive a public censure.
A disciplinary complaint case against Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez is still up in the air about two months after a hearing on the matter.
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.
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.
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.
The panel of attorneys who will listen to evidence in a disciplinary case against Douglas County DA Suzanne Valdez has ruled that the three-day hearing in Topeka will not be available in any format other than in person.
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.
A disciplinary hearing for Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez has been rescheduled for three days in December.
A two-day hearing on a disciplinary case against the Douglas County district attorney has been postponed at her attorney’s request, which cited a “personal tragedy.”
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