LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A Kansas prosecutor is retiring amid calls for her to step down after a Missouri judge overturned the double murder conviction of a man whom she helped send to prison more than two decades ago.
The Douglas County, Kansas, district attorneys office said in a statement this week that Chief Assistant District Attorney Amy McGowan is transitioning her cases to other attorneys in preparation for her Nov. 1 retirement. The statement provided no other explanation.
McGowan had been the subject of recent protests by the KC Freedom Project after a judge found that,…
