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Calumet County District Attorney Ken Kratz: Perverted Justice

What happens when prosecutors commit misconduct?  What happens when a prosecutor seeks to have sex with a crime victim half his age?  We're about to find out: A prosecutor who sent sexually suggestive text messages to a domestic abuse victim downplayed the seriousness of their content and urged state officials to keep them from the public, his peers and state regulators, e-mails show. The texts sent by Calumet County District Attorney Ken Kratz could have jeopardized the prosecution of the victim's ex-boyfriend on charges he nearly choked her to death, a state Department of Justice official told Kratz last year. Kratz, 50, on Wednesday acknowledged sending 30 text messages, which had been obtained by The Associated Press, to the 26-year-old woman while he was the prosecutor on her case last October...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on September 16, 2010 (boomark / email).