The Ky Supreme Court also overturned an arson & attempted murder conviction because of "flagrant" prosecutorial misconduct by Christian County Commonwealth's Attorney Rick Boling, who is banned from the courthouse now because of the role he played in a controversial Bevin pardon.
The @adwolfson story on Rick Boling being banned from the courthouse by the county’s two circuit judges after he wrote a letter pleading for clemency for a man convicted of a brutal sodomy https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/crime/2020/12/07/prosecutor-who-sought-bevin-pardon-still-banned-from-court/3822044001/
Prosecutor who sought Matt Bevin pardon in sodomy case still banished from the courthouse

The elected prosecutor in Christian County, who helped get a pardon from Bevin for a man convicted in a near-fatal sodomy, is still banned from court.

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/crime/2020/12/07/prosecutor-who-sought-bevin-pardon-still-banned-from-court/3822044001/
The Ky Supreme Court basically says Boling lied to jurors as to whether the defendant was intoxicated. He knew she was, as he had been told by the investigator.
Investigator: "Well, she was out of her frickin’ mind."
Boling: "That’s why I didn’t ask that question (laughter)"
The Ky Supreme Court basically says Boling lied to jurors as to whether the defendant was intoxicated. He knew she was, as he had been told by the investigator. Investigator: "Well, she was out of her frickin’ mind."Boling: "That’s why I didn’t ask that question (laughter)"
The Ky Supreme Court basically says Boling lied to jurors as to whether the defendant was intoxicated. He knew she was, as he had been told by the investigator. Investigator: "Well, she was out of her frickin’ mind."Boling: "That’s why I didn’t ask that question (laughter)"
The high court said of this: "The conduct went beyond mere
advocacy and prosecutorial zeal. It was unnecessarily exploitative and dishonest."
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