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DA convicted of misusing asset forfeiture funds

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State Sen. John Whitmire's asset forfeiture reform legislation died last session during the infamous Voter ID meltdown in Texas' House of Representatives, but the conviction of a District Attorney out of Kerrville for misuse of forfeiture funds should put the topic back on the Legislature's radar screen. Reports the SA Express News ("Former District Attorney sentenced in Kerrville," May 22):Former District Attorney Ron Sutton on Friday said state officials eager to tighten statutory controls over forfeited funds orchestrated his prosecution to cast him as evidence of a problem. A defiant Sutton made the claim minutes after being sentenced to two years deferred adjudication on two counts of misapplication of fiduciary property worth $20,000 to $100,000, and being ordered to pay $20,000 restitution...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on May 23, 2010 (boomark / email).

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