Grissom's second in command for most of his tenure, Mike Warner, told the Wichita Eagle the following: “Simply put, (Grissom) placed his own interests ahead of his obligation to serve the public and insure a fair system of justice. Multiple defendants, many no doubt minorities, are still unfairly incarcerated as a result. Given that (Grissom) was informed by myself and others like defense attorneys, law enforcement and judges, about prosecutorial misconduct virtually every day he was in office, makes any assertion of his ‘not knowing’ a self-serving lie”