Kansas Democratic Party: Derek Schmidt Continues to Employ Lawyer Who Committed Misconduct
November 01, 2022
November 01, 2022
TOPEKA, Kansas, Nov. 1 -- The Kansas Democratic Party issued the following news release on Oct. 31, 2022:
A new report by the Topeka Capital-Journal asserted that Derek Schmidt has continued to employ Ed Brancart as a prosecutor even after a Kansas judge ruled that he "engaged in serious prosecutorial misconduct to win a wrongful conviction." After serving nearly 13 years for a crime he did not commit, the state was forced to pay over $800,000 to the estate of Pete Coones . . .
A new report by the Topeka Capital-Journal asserted that Derek Schmidt has continued to employ Ed Brancart as a prosecutor even after a Kansas judge ruled that he "engaged in serious prosecutorial misconduct to win a wrongful conviction." After serving nearly 13 years for a crime he did not commit, the state was forced to pay over $800,000 to the estate of Pete Coones . . .