ST. LOUIS (KMOX) -- Still no final ruling from the Missouri Supreme Court on the Circuit Attorney's alleged ethics violation related to the Eric Greitens case. But KMOX News finds evidence is mounting that Kim Gardner's office has a pattern of withholding discovery in criminal cases including murder.
Late on Monday, second-degree murder "at large" warrants were issued for Denise Bartlett, who is accused of killing Tyrone Armstrong earlier this month. Last Thursday, Gardner refused warrants in this case and Bartlett was released from custody.
In another case, two women were accused of first-degree murder in a killing in the Bevo neighborhood. Judge Michael Noble dismissed the case and issued a handwritten rebuke of the Circuit Attorney's office for withholding evidence. The suspects walked out of jail and can't be re-tried.
Also last week, three defendants were acquitted of all murder charges related to the 2016 killing of Dwayne Clanton as well as the killing of a 16-year old high school student at a school bus stop. A fourth suspect was convicted of murder conspiracy and witness tampering.
In that case, Circuit Judge Jason Sengheiser sanctioned the Circuit Attorney for not turning over evidence. That's the same kind of issue Gardner is facing in the Greitens case.
"I take accountability as a leader," Gardner said at her ethics hearing last week about not sharing evidence in a timely manner in the Greitens case. "That was a mistake on my part."
There are more instances. In the trial for a Soulard bar owner charged with killing a man in an alley on surveillance video, a law student sat in the second chair at the prosecutor's table, across from noted defense attorney Scott Rosenblum. It ended with a mistrial.
All of these examples occurred in the last month. KMOX News has reached out to the Circuit Attorneys office for a response.