Kansas prosecutors seek right to enter evidence of prior bad acts in domestic violence trials

Johnson County assistant district attorney Will Hurst, standing, urged a Kansas House committee to support a bill modifying the state’s rules of evidence so a defendant’s history of domestic violence could be presented at trial in comparable cases. KANSAS LEGISLATURE YOUTUBE CHANNEL SCREEN CAPTURE via KANSAS REFLECTOR
BY TIM CARPENTERKansas Reflector Defense lawyers object, domestic violence expert raises issue of dominant aggressor TOPEKA — Prosecutor Will Hurst said the scourge of domestic…
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