Alva Review-Courier -

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union is suing a southeast Kansas prosecutor over what the group says is his improper failure to offer diversion agreements to enough offenders.

The ACLU filed its lawsuit directly with the state Supreme Court asking it to order Montgomery County Attorney Larry Markle to revise his office's policies on handling cases involving first-time offenders or others charged with low-level crimes.

The ACLU lawyers filed the petition on behalf of a nonprofit group that provides services to the former inmates and an Independence resident who was not offered...