...either Ernst Stavro Blofeld or Auric Goldfinger come true...-linked St. Louis prosecutor has come under fire for her alleged mishandling of cases as Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey (R) has taken steps to remove her from office.
Bailey announced in a February blurb that he had filed a quo warranto suit to remove St. Luis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner from office, citing "years of willful neglect" for the cases she was responsible for prosecuting.
"As Attorney General, I want to protect the people of St. Louis, and that includes ensuring prosecutors protect the public," Bailey said in the blurb. "We gave Circuit Attorney Gardner the chance to do the right thing and resign, she has refused to do so, and my office filed a quo warranto at 12:01 PM to remove her from office immediately."
The petition related by Bailey alleges that "the circuit court has been forced to dismiss more than 2,700 cases, often because of [Gardner’s] inexplicable failure to provide defendants with discovery and a speedy trial" and that her "lack of diligence has forced her office to dismiss more than 9,000 cases — frequently on the cusp of trial — endlessly frustrating courts and victims desperate for justice."
It also specifically cites a February 18 incident in which Daniel Riley, who had been charged with first-degree robbery and armed criminal action in 2020, allegedly struck a teenage volleyball player while speeding, "severing one of her legs," "maiming the other," and ultimately resulting in the amputation of both limbs.
According to the petition, Riley had "earned 54 separate violations for failing to comply with the pre-trial bond conditions" while out on bond for the 2020 charges and allegedly earned an additional 50 violations after the charges were refiled in 2022.
"The Circuit Attorney never filed a motion to revoke Riley’s bond," the petition reads before describing the girl’s injuries as "the direct result of years of willful neglect from Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner."
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