Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson has a new conviction integrity unit to review innocence claims brought to her attention, Johnson recently told The Star Editorial Board during a sit-down interview.
While I applaud this development, I must say I was extremely encouraged to find out this week that the prosecutors assigned to that new unit are reviewing the case of Ken Middleton, a Blue Springs man convicted — erroneously, his appellate attorney Kent Gipson contends — of first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the 1990 shooting death of wife Kathy Middleton.
In a statement, Jazzlyn Johnson, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor’s office, said the inquiry is ongoing and no decision has been made in regards to Middleton’s application for review…