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Linda Stanley’s ineptitude haunts the triple murder trial of Hanme Clark

Although Linda Stanley was removed from office last November, her inability to handle any caseload is now haunting a triple murder trial in Custer County. While new District Attorney Jeff Lindsey has moved swiftly to rebuild the District Attorney’s Office (DA) in the wake of Stanley’s ineptitude, it was not enough to prevent District Judge Lauren Swan from sanctioning the DA’s Office in the prosecution of Hanme Clark and reopen the preliminary hearing on Tuesday, May 21, which will allow for additional cross-examination of evidence and witnesses that were not available to the defense of Clark in early 2024. Judge Swan said that the defense’s cross-examination would have gone differently if body-worn camera footage and other testimony had been made available to the defense at…