DA who oversaw abandoned prosecution of Colorado man in wife's death should be disbarred, panel says

Colorado state regulators have ruled that Linda Stanley, the DA who brought criminal charges that were later dismissed against Barry Morphew for killing his wife, should be disbarred.

A representative of Stanley's office who did not provide her name said Wednesday that Stanley had no comment. Stanley’s lawyer, former prosecutor Steven Jensen, said he and Stanley were considering whether to appeal the ruling to the Colorado Supreme Court, noting that one dissenting member of the panel said Stanley should be suspended rather than disbarred.

As a rural district attorney not accustomed to handling high-profile cases, Stanley did not have as many resources as prosecutors in urban areas and also had difficulty finding attorneys to work on the case, Jensen said.