Kansas City Star In Defense Of Mean Jean & Against Guv Parson

We're not certain if this kind of politicized hit piece makes a difference anymore . . . However, amongst the local progressive chattering classes this kind of writing might move the dial and could even qualify as journalism.

What our newspaper glosses over . . .

With EXCEPTIONALLY low public opinion ratings . . . It's doubtful that Mean Jean will ever win another elected office and the only insightful part of this interview is where she tacitly admits as much.

Still . . .

An upcoming and controversial pardon dominates the discussion . . . Here's the word . . . 

Ever since, Parson has been saying DeValkenaere was wrongfully convicted by a political prosecutor who was “playing games.” You might have noticed that there is never a second sentence explaining what exactly about the law Baker and every judge who has looked at the case got wrong. Instead, it’s just that the convict is one of the good guys, and the woman who convicted him is not. Baker hasn’t heard anything about what Parson’s doing, she said, but does know that he hasn’t called Lamb’s family, ever. “The victims weren’t contacted in the Reid case, either,” she said. Last March, Parson commuted the sentence of former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid, who permanently injured a 5-year-old while driving drunk. “It’s cruel, really.”

She also asked why, if Parson really thought DeValkenaere was wrongly convicted, he let him serve 426 days behind bars as of Wednesday, when he could have pardoned him at any time.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Prosecutor on Parson not calling DeValkenaere victim's family: 'It's cruel, really' | Opinion

Jean Peters Baker also asked why, if Missouri Gov. Mike Parson really thought KCPD's Eric DeValkenaere was wrongly convicted, he let him serve 426 days behind bars as of Wednesday. From Melinda Henneberger:

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