Erie prosecutor’s trial ends in deadlock

The trial of former Neosho County prosecutor Linus Thuston ended last week when jurors couldn’t agree on whether he had lied under oath about meeting secretly with off-thebooks confidential informants.Thuston faced felony charges of perjury and misdemeanor charges of witness intimidation in the case. Branden Bell, a Lawrence attorney, did not disclose if he would seek a retrial. Bell d...

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