JEFFERSON CITY (AP) | A Cole County judge has ordered the release of a southeast Missouri man convicted 15 years ago in a college student’s murder.
Circuit Judge Richard Callahan ruled today that Joshua Kezer was wrongly convicted in the 1992 death of Angela Mischelle Lawless. She was found in her car on the Interstate 55 exit ramp near Benton, Mo., with the motor still running.
The judge’s 44-page ruling sharply criticizes the courtroom conduct of former state special prosecutor Kenny Hulshof.
Hulshof later served as a six-term Republican congressman from Columbia. He lost the 2008 governor’s race to Democrat Jay Nixon.
Okay ....... is there more to this story?
We see that a man was determined to have been falsely convicted. We see that a judge criticized Kenny Hulshoff.
We are presumably to conclude that the "judge's 44 page ruling sharply criticizes the courtroom conduct of former state special prosecutor ...."
Then, the story goes on to mention that the former prosecutor went on to serve as a six term congressman from Columbia.
I was sort of hoping for some specifics explaining why the judge was dissatisfied with Hulshoff. It's really not fair to say that the man was criticized without offering some ideas why this took place.