After a teenage volleyball player from Tennessee lost both legs following an accident in downtown St. Louis, her family and those around them were wondering Thursday why the driver responsible for the wreck was able to get behind the wheel of a car.
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, a Democrat, said her office tried three times to revoke the bond of 21-year-old Daniel Riley, a robbery suspect who had violated the conditions of his release dozens of times before the tragic vehicle accident in downtown St. Louis.
But Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, a Republican, pinned the blame on Gardner for failing to keep Riley behind bars. He filed court documents Thursday seeking Gardner’s ouster on three grounds: failure to prosecute existing cases, failure to file charges in cases brought by police, and failure to confer with and inform victims and their families about the status of cases.“This is about the rule of law and about justice,” Bailey told reporters at the Capitol.
Gardner vowed to remain in her job, accusing the attorney general of a “political stunt” to “stop the voice of the people of the city of St. Louis” who elected her.
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