Same here. Obviously he is anything but innocent, although legally you can’t make that leap. But you’re right-where is his lawyer with the “speedy trial” demand, and removal of the GPS monitor? And why wouldn’t the state of CT want to get this over with sooner, rather than later?
If we apply Occam’s Razor, then Kent is in negotiations with the state, which is why no date can be scheduled (yet).
Yes, this can be the obvious and only explanation, but what is the likely negotiation?
I do hope that Kent M also further implicates MT; it won’t give her more time in prison, but might finish off her family’s constant lies (nah, that won’t happen!)
Looks like his license is still suspended. I wonder how he earns a living? You'd think, if innocent, he'd be motivated to prove it to get his life back on track.
Registered Juris Information For: Mawhinney, Kent |
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| Action | Start Date | Reinstated Date | Action Comments |
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| Administrative Suspension for failure to pay the Client Security Fund fee in accordance with Practice Book Section 2-70 | 5/14/2024 | ||
| Administrative Suspension for failure to register in accordance with Practice Book Section 2-27(d) | 11/21/2023 | ||
| Administrative Suspension for failure to pay the Client Security Fund fee in accordance with Practice Book Section 2-70 | 10/3/2023 | ||
| Administrative Suspension for failure to pay the Client Security Fund fee in accordance with Practice Book Section 2-70 | 6/14/2022 | ||
| Administrative Suspension for failure to pay the Client Security Fund fee in accordance with Practice Book Section 2-70 | 11/30/2021 | ||
| Suspension | 1/28/2020 | Attorney placed on interim suspension. Disciplinary Counsel to notify chief clerks, probate court and USCIS. Attorneys Anthony Collins, juris #403959 and Nancy Martin, juris #420876, appointed co-trustees. Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel v. Kent Mawhinney, Docket Number HHD-CV-20-6122743-S (Sheridan, J.). |
I think the likely negotiation is about producing the location of the body in exchange for a lighter sentence. I really hope that's it, it means that he absolutely knows and that maybe this whole thing will be resolved for her family. It will also drive another nail into MT's coffin, since until Jennifer's body is found, MT's lawyers will keep arguing that there's still a possibility that JD is alive (which is something a jury will never believe anyway). I think MT made a very major miscalculation in not accepting a plea. JMO.
Are they hoping that everyone just forgets about Mawhinney? I am wondering if they arrested Mawhinney in January 2020, because they wanted him as a lever against Dulos. What I don’t understand, though, is if they really don’t have evidence against KM, why haven’t they dropped the charges against him, and removed his ankle monitor? And if they aren’t currently scheduling him for trial, why hasn’t Mawhinney demanded to be set free? Why did he waive his right to a “speedy trial”? There has to be a reason for all of this.
It’s really bad optics
Nope-absolutely nothing.
No, not backed up from Covid, or else they wouldn’t have gotten MT’s trial over and done with. There is something else going on. Los Angeles speculated that maybe negotiations with KM are going badly because he knows where at least some of the justice dept “bodies are buried”-and some don’t want information coming out that will hurt some people. I don’t know if that’s it, but there is something holding up his trial. But they can’t keep him on that ankle monitor indefinitely-they have to fish or cut bait. They appear to be treading carefully with KM. I wish they’d just get on with it.
This is his only conviction (interesting reading...don't the fees seem unreasonably low?):
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I wish Marissa Alter (investigative reporter in Connecticut) would research the delay. We can't be the only folks interested in this topic.
