by Robert Kalebra, ©2025
(Jul. 28, 2025) — [Editor’s Note: The following was written as a result of the death of three-year-old Ke’Torrius Starks Jr. this past Tuesday in Birmingham, AL.]
To: District Attorney Danny Carr Jefferson County, Alabama
Mr. Carr,
Justice demands more than condolences—it demands accountability. A child entrusted to the state was knowingly left to die in an enclosed car under lethal heat while the responsible worker pursued personal errands, fully aware of the risk. These aren’t abstractions; they’re violations of multiple statutes under Alabama law—crimes that strip public trust and destroy families. Your duty is to the people as a whole, not to a system that shields its own. Prosecutors do not serve departments; they serve the truth, without bias or hesitation.
Enclosed is a fully drafted charging document with all applicable statutes cited that the grand jury may (will on most) return an indictment on—ready to file, no excuses necessary. If the prosecution is withheld due to some nebulous “conflict of interest” tied to the defendant’s former government role, then the public deserves more than vague justifications and institutional hand wringing. Spell out the conflict clearly, or admit the system’s unwillingness to police its own. Justice shouldn’t hinge on whether the accused once held a badge or a bureaucratic title.
To save taxpayer dollars I included links to the applicable statutes so you don’t have to search them.
Failure to prosecute based on the evidence constitutes an abandonment to and of the public trust and to and of your Oaths of Office.
To read the suggested legal documents, click the link below: