Kenneth Frank Eichner is an American

United States

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 lawyer

Lawyer

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 and author

Author

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. Eichner was a prosecutor in Prince George's County, Maryland

Prince George's County, Maryland

Prince George's County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland, immediately north, east, and south of Washington, DC. As of 2010, it has a population of 863,420 and is the wealthiest African-American majority county in the nation....

 before rising to prominence as a defense attorney based in Denver, Colorado

Denver, Colorado

The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...

. As a prosecutor

Prosecutor

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, Eichner successfully prosecuted Warren E. Graham, a 17-year-old boy that shot a high school teacher.

As a defense attorney, Eichner controversially defended Carol Elkins, a nurse who faced murder charges. Though she faced life in prison, Elkins was eventually sentenced to house arrest. Other notable defenses include infamous serial killer Scott Lee Kimball

Scott Lee Kimball

Scott Lee Kimball is a convicted serial killer from Boulder County, Colorado, United States. He is serving a 70 year sentence after pleading guilty in 2009 to the murders of Kaysi McLeod, 19; Jennifer Marcum, 25; LeAnn Emry, 24; and his uncle Terry Kimball, 60. All four victims died between...

, and Don Dewitt Smith, who was cleared of a vicious assault.

Eichner also writes on legal issues, both through nonfiction and fiction. He recently wrote an article regarding the Carol Chambers scandal in Arapahoe County, Colorado

Arapahoe County, Colorado

As of the census of 2000, there were 487,967 people, 190,909 households, and 125,809 families residing in the county. The population density was 608 people per square mile . There were 196,835 housing units at an average density of 245 per square mile...

. Additionally, he has published a novel entitled D.A. Diaries about a federal murder trial.