With court cases piling up, Mingo County
Back in August, about more than 100 court cases in need of review
by the prosecutor's office.
The reason for this was Michael Thornsbury, who was circuit
court judge at the time, had rigged the grand jury in 2009.
Michael Sparks was prosecutor at the time. He has since resigned
and pleaded guilty in a separate case of corruption.
His replacement, Teresa Maynard, now has the burden of reviewing
those cases.
She says she's picking up where Sparks
Maynard says so far, her office has only received a handful of
requests from those who want their cases retried, but she does anticipate more.
She says she hopes to hire another prosecutor this week to help
with the workload.
