Kansas prosecutor mired in ethical misconduct quits to avoid Bourbon County backlash

TOPEKA — The Bourbon County prosecutor facing possible disbarment by the Kansas Supreme Court for misconduct in two high-profile trials tendered her resignation and pledged to retire at the end of June.

Jacqie Spradling, who previously resigned from a part-time legal job in Allen County, submitted a letter to the county’s Republican Party and to the governor’s office declaring her intent to quit the elective position of Bourbon County prosecutor on June 30. She was appointed in Bourbon County by GOP leadership in 2018 and elected to a four-year term in 2020 without opposition. Her annual salary as prosecutor was $50,100.

“It has been an honor and a privilege to serve as Bourbon County attorney for the last three years. I am retiring,” she said in the resignation letter.

More than a week before she submitted the letter Wednesday, a campaign was launched to convince the Bourbon County Commission to take a vote of no confidence against Spradling or request that she voluntarily step down. There also was discussion at a commission meeting of a recall petition.

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