Prosecutor: No time for evidence against arrested reporter
https://apnews.com/61bdb545074a5604ca5b102bd3c5df30
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A prosecutor who is pursuing charges against an Iowa newspaper reporter who was arrested while covering a protest in May told a judge Thursday that his office shouldn’t have to give body-camera footage and other evidence to the journalist’s lawyer because his office was too busy.
Brad Kinkade, an assistant Polk County attorney, told Judge Christopher Kemp that because Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri had only been charged with misdemeanors, the case was considered a low-priority and wasn’t worth the time needed to provide evidence the defense has requested.
“It’s a turn-and-burn docket,” Kinkade said. “They’re supposed to be handled with no delay and little cost.”...
WTF? The defendants are just supposed to shut up and accept what servicemembers call 'marsupial justice'?
Fuck that noise.
It's called DISCOVERY, Brad. It's not up to you to withold evidence from the defense. And it's
an especially bad move to try this against the deep-pocketed and thoroughly PO'd Des Moines Register.
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