31.   Following those charges, county prosecutors charged Kline with child molestation after a man stepped forward, saying he had been abused by Judge Kline as a child.

32.   For that reason, Jim Nagle, the county prosecutor, said he was willing to defer prosecution of the case to authorities in Spokane.

33.   Former King County prosecutor Jeffrey Coopersmith was leading his opponent Don Stuart, an attorney and former commercial fisherman.

34.   Griffin, a former county prosecutor, chewed gum and appeared relaxed as the proceedings began.

35.   He also said his office had started more rigorous auditing of money county prosecutors take from drug suspects, and expressed confidence that no abuses would be uncovered.

36.   He also said Ford tried to persuade the county prosecutor to reopen the case as a criminal investigation in an attempt to intimidate his client into dropping the suit.

37.   He became a tribal counselor to the Shoshone-Bannock tribes in Idaho and was then elected a county prosecutor.

38.   He also served as a county prosecutor, as a state senator, and as a four-term U.S. representative.

39.   He said extensive reforms were ordered after the Alves case, including better technology to calculate release dates and closer communications with county prosecutors about inmates.

40.   He says CPS and county prosecutors should have kept Perez in check and realized the allegations were ridiculous.