Alaska Judge Scandal Prompts First Conviction Challenge

An Alaska attorney for a man incarcerated for cyberstalking has asked to throw out the conviction on “judicial misconduct” by former judge Joshua Kindred and a senior prosecutor, in the first legal action since his resignation over sexual misconduct.

The Friday request was made on behalf of Rolando Hernandez-Zamora, found guilty in June by a jury in Joshua Kindred’s courtroom of cyberstalking his ex-partner. His trial occurred days before Kindred resigned after a judiciary panel found he sexually harassed his former clerk, created a hostile environment in chambers, and received nude photos from a senior federal prosecutor.

In requesting relief, …