Strange Investigation by Dorothea Braemer At a hearing on December 18 in the Federal Courthouse in downtown Buffalo, US District Judge Richard Arcara postponed legal arguments in the more than three-and-a-half-year-old case against UB professor and internationally acclaimed artist Steve Kurtz because the prosecution lacked a key piece of evidence. The hearing, scheduled on account of a motion to dismiss the case, was open to the public. The courtroom was filled with reporters and many supporters of Kurtz. Kurtz’s legal nightmare began when he was arrested in May 2004 after he called 911 due to the unexpected death of his … Continue reading Federal prosecutors gone wild