Jeremy Mull as new chief deputy prosecutor in Clark County

My friend/acquaintance Jeremy Mull has landed on his feet-- after returning from work in Afghanistan and potential consideration as the Republican nominee for a Clark County judge opening.

Matt Thacker reported on this story for the News-Tribune.

Mull was a deputy prosecuting attorney under Stewart from 1999-2007, but has spent the last 18 months as a training officer and legal adviser in Sudan and Afghanistan with the Office of the U.S. Secretary of State.

Ben Zion Hershberg and Rick Rojas reported on the story for the C-J.

This article followed another BZH article in the C-J on Jeremy's time in Afghanistan.

My favorite part of this is that the News-Tribune's stock photo of Jeremy dates back to a time when he had to wear an eye-patch. (I don't see it on the website, but trust me, it's hilarious!) So, here's the new deputy prosecutor, looking like one mean hombre, with his eye patch. The message: don't mess with Jeremy!


Here's a nice excerpt from BZH's piece on his time in Sudan and Afghanistan.

Bart Betteau, a New Albany lawyer who has defended clients against Mull's prosecutions, also spoke highly of his skill and character.

"Jeremy's predominant characteristic, I think, is his honesty," Betteau said. "He is up front about everything."

He said he also was struck by Mull's empathy, even with clients Betteau represented who were facing drug charges. Mull would work hard to put people in jail if he felt they should be there, Betteau said, but he didn't act as if he felt "they were horrible."

"It was to help them. I believe everything he does comes from the heart."

Mull said his good intentions sometimes were frustrated abroad. In Sudan, he said, a major project was to write -- with police and government officials -- a national police law to establish how police were to use force, treat prisoners and generally conduct operations.

He worked out the details in many often-intense meetings in Juba, in southern Sudan, Mull said. The effort put in writing the procedures and rules that everyone felt was necessary, he said, but the proposed law is still working its way through the government-review process and hasn't been enacted.

"In Sudan, the international advisers are working with generals who have been at war for decades and are not always open to outside advice," Mull said.

But he said the effort is worthwhile because he's convinced that ultimately, "human rights and the principles of justice do take hold."