Defense Lawyer Has a Case for FBI Frame-Up (manufactured evidence and recruited criminals)

Defense Lawyer Has a Case for FBI Frame-Up

CHICAGO (CN) - The United States must face claims that FBI agents manufactured evidence and recruited criminals to frame a defense attorney in a bribery plot, the 7th Circuit ruled.

In July 2006, the FBI began investigating Indianapolis criminal defense attorney Michael Alexander in connection to a bribery scheme involving his longtime investigator, Jeff Hinds. Hinds paid witnesses to withhold or change their testimony in several of Alexander's cases.

According to Alexander's complaint, FBI Agents Neal Freeman and James Howell arranged for Stanley Chrisp and Adrian Kirtz, a "father-son criminal duo" under investigation for arson, to meet with Alexander and discuss the bribes.

Alexander says he denied knowledge of the scheme in the meeting, which was allegedly recorded.

After Mark McKinney was elected state prosecutor, the investigation became an opportunity for retribution since Alexander was a vocal critic of McKinney's service on the City of Muncie/Delaware County Drug Task Force, according to the complaint.

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