Fliers depicting blood dripping over District Court Judge Doug Walker\u2019s photo have surfaced this week in Cortez Journal news racks.<\/p>\n
The fliers say that Walker is the \u201cworst of the worst,\u201d and accuse the judge that the death of a baby is on his hands.<\/p>\n
District Attorney Will Furse said he believes that the fliers reference a decision handed down by a Judge Walker to sentence a \u201cbaby killer\u201d to just 90 days in jail.<\/p>\n
Furse said he notified Walker of the fliers on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Media outlets and blogs from around the nation criticized Walker after he ruled on Sept. 25, 2012, to sentence then-19-year-old Dylan Kuhn of Dolores to 90 days in jail for killing his infant daughter under a plea bargain. Furse said the plea deal was reached before him being elected to serve as district attorney.<\/p>\n
An earlier story published by Journal reported that the judge cited Kuhn\u2019s lack of a criminal history, his age and the likelihood that he would not be a repeat offender as some of the reasons for not sending him to prison.<\/p>\n
Kuhn, who was arrested in November 2011 after his daughter died, was originally charged with manslaughter and child abuse.<\/p>\n
Besides the 90 days in jail, Kuhn was sentenced to four years probation, mental health and substance evaluation, a parenting class and treatment, and ordered not to be allowed to be alone with children under the age of 10, court costs and possible restitution.<\/p>\n
Under the plea agreement approved by former District Attorney Russell Wasley the child abuse and DUI cases were dismissed.<\/p>\n
Attempts to reach Walker for comment about the flier were unsuccessful.<\/p>\n
The Journal does not condone the postings.<\/p>\n