Terra Morehead, who retired as a federal prosecutor last August, has agreed to turn over her law license as part of an agreement with a Kansas disciplinary board. As a Wyandotte County prosecutor in the 1990s, Morehead helped KCKPD Detective Roger Golubski frame an innocent man who spent 23 years in prison.

Terra Morehead, a longtime county and federal prosecutor who helped police frame at least one innocent man, has agreed to surrender her law license and faces disbarment.

Morehead, who became notorious for skirting legal protections for defendants, agreed to surrender her license as part of an agreement with the Kansas Board for Discipline of Attorneys. She is awaiting disbarment from the Kansas Supreme Court, according to court filings.

  • stoly@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Qualified immunity applies to prosecutors just like the police. This can only happen if there’s an existing case on the record similar to this one.

    • hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      It gets even more complicated.

      For the suit you need evidence, but prosecutors have privilege for their whole case, so technically the inner workings are not discoverable. Now maybe the new judge / prosecutor can waive that on behalf of the government (I straight up don’t know if that’s possible), but either way, this is gonna get ridiculously complicated.