Controversies
Hulshof has been embroiled in a recent controversy involving a case that he prosecuted. Hulshof prosecuted Joshua Kezer for murder. He tried the case without physical evidence, DNA, fingerprints, a murder weapon, or any eyewitnesses. Kezer was convicted and sentenced to 60 years in prison, despite the fact that Hulshof withheld key evidence and embellished details in his closing arguments. Finally, after serving 14 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, Kezer was set free after a Cole County Circuit judge overturned the conviction. The judge strongly criticized Hulshof for his courtroom conduct and for withholding evidence in the case, stating that "We now know that none of what Mr. Hulshof said in the final summary was true".
The judge in the Dale Helmig case said Kenny Hulshof was guilty of misconduct as the prosecutor. Dale Helmig was found innocent after serving 15 years in prison.
On June 4, 2011, Kenny Hulshof was questioned in a hearing to determine if Mark Woodworth, convicted of the murder of a Chillicothe, Missouri woman, should receive a new trial. Hulshof was brought in as a special prosecutor in the original trial, and was questioned regarding mishandling and withholding of evidence that could have named another possible suspect.
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