A federal public defender has accused the US attorney’s office in Alaska of trying to force a judge’s recusal in a controversial murder case last year by adding a prosecutor to the trial team who had sent nude photos to the judge.
In early 2023, Karen Vandergaw, a senior prosecutor, suddenly joined a case overseen by Joshua Kindred, then one of two active judges on the Alaska federal bench. At the time, Kindred’s cases involving Vandergaw had for months been reassigned away from him, though the federal defenders office didn’t know why.
Gary Colbath, the Alaska federal defender’s office No. …
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Publish date : 2024-08-13 21:45:00
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