State destroyed key records in Kansas Planned Parenthood case Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/

[EV_Ares]

The country’s first criminal prosecution of Planned Parenthood was left teetering Friday when it was revealed the state of Kansas destroyed abortion records that prosecutors planned to use as evidence.

Johnson County prosecutors asked a judge to delay a Monday hearing to decide if there’s enough evidence to try Planned Parenthood on 23 felony counts of falsifying pregnancy termination reports.

Prosecutors say the records, which are central to making their case, were shredded sometime in 2005, roughly two years before charges were brought against Planned Parenthood by former Johnson County District Attorney Phill Kline.



Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/10/21/3222109/state-destroyed-key-records-in.html#ixzz1bWFEYRJU

[xchrom]

1. recommend

[catabryna]

2. One would think they would have had a need for these

records long before now.

Sounds like the prosecutor's office engaged itself in a malicious prosecution without even bothering to check and see if they had their ducks in a row first. Oops!

:rofl:

[Marnie]

3. Since those records were/are proteced by federal law

they indeed should be protected. Preferably by returning them tothe types of secured storage that medical records are normally placed in or, as has apparently happened by destroying them least the end up in the public domain.

[spanone]

4. bwahahahahaaa