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Former prosecutor: Ethics commissioners should rein in investigators
Rickey StokesViewed: 1181
Posted by: RStokes
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Date: Nov 04 2024 10:20 AM
ALABAMA: The Alabama Ethics Commission should review the behavior and practices of its investigative agents and staff following a “damaging,” “illegitimate” and “unnecessarily lengthy” investigation of Jefferson County Sheriff Mark Pettway, according to a letter sent by Pettway’s attorney and former state prosecutor Matt Hart to Ethics commissioners.
Pettway was ultimately cleared of any wrongdoing by both a Jefferson County Personnel Board and the AEC, and the complainant who sparked the investigation – a subordinate within the Sheriff’s Office – admitted to fabricating several claims.
Still, Hart, who once led the state’s white collar investigations unit at the Alabama Attorney General’s Office and successfully prosecuted numerous lawmakers, including former House Speaker Mike Hubbard, was sharply critical of several tactics employed by AEC investigators. Those tactics, Hart said, ran afoul of the law, deprived witnesses and Pettway of constitutional rights to counsel and seemingly sought to damage Pettway personally and professionally.
Hart recommended that the commissioners should examine the tactics and propose rule changes to guard against future abuses.
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