Common Law, episode 7: The prosecutor

July 30, 20098:30 a.m.

Chief Deputy District Attorney Marc Bennett joins Common Law today as a regular guest to provide a prosecutor’s perspective. One of his jobs involves visiting crime scenes of homicides. Bennett remembered one especially disturbing scene, the decapitation death of Lucille Gallegos in June 2002, and how he deals with the kind of violence his job thrusts upon him.

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Prosecutor assigned to lead new trial unit

June 17, 200811:22 a.m.

marcbennet-small.JPGMarc Bennett has been promoted to chief deputy district attorney to head a new trial division in Sedgwick County.

Sedgwick County District Attorney Nola Foulston announced this morning that Bennett would head a division that would concentrate on cases involving sex offenses and offenders, domestic violence,crimes against children and crimes against elderly or dependent adults.

 

Kevin O’Connor is the chief deputy of the trial division handling all other cases, including murder, robbery and crimes against law enforcement.

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