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prosecutor misconduct
636 published works
Deandra Grant Law – Texas Criminal Defense & DWI Defense
Justin Wolfe: 25 Years on the Triggerman’s Word
The short answer: In March 2001, Owen Barber shot and killed Daniel Petrole, a marijuana supplier, in Bristow, Virginia. Barber avoided a capital murder charge by testifying that his friend…
Deandra Grant Law – Texas Criminal Defense & DWI Defense
The Crime Lab Was Wrong. Who Tells You?
In early 2024, a firearms supervisor at Virginia’s Western Laboratory in Roanoke took a proficiency test with four items on it. She got one wrong. That single missed item is…
Deandra Grant Law – Texas Criminal Defense & DWI Defense
Curtis Flowers: Six Trials, One Prosecutor, 23 Years
The short answer: Curtis Flowers was tried six times for the 1996 murders of four people at a furniture store in Winona, Mississippi, all by the same district attorney. Three…
Deandra Grant Law – Texas Criminal Defense & DWI Defense
Michael Morton: A Bandana, a Green Van & 25 Years
The short answer: Michael Morton spent nearly 25 years in a Texas prison for his wife’s 1986 murder. The prosecutor had reports pointing to another man, including the couple’s three-year-old…
EvidenceProf Blog
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Finds Prosecutor Telling the Jury the Defendant Sought the Advice of an Attorney Before Being Arrested Was (Harmless) Error
By Colin Miller
Pursuant to the Sixth Amendment, "[i]n all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right...to have the assistance of counsel for his defense." Moreover, improper trial commentary by the prosecutor…
The Southern District of Florida Blog
Lots of tea being spilled on the SDFLA "Grand Conspiracy" case(s)
By davidoscarmarkussdfla-blogspot-com
The NY Times has the latest here:Still, the pressure has not relented. The dozen prosecutors still pursuing the inquiry are fast-tracking narrower cases against some chief targets that could be…
Simple Justice
Disqualifying Letitia James
Three days before New York Attorney General Tish James was appointed by Governor Kathy Hochul to supersede Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten in the investigation and potential prosecution…
Deandra Grant Law – Texas Criminal Defense & DWI Defense
Paid Witnesses, Hidden Payments and 41 Years Lost
The short answer: On September 28, 2026, a Utah judge released Douglas Stewart Carter on bail after 41 years in custody, most of them on death row, for a 1985…
Legal Futures Blog
Questions over “drunk barrister” fail to save convicted man’s appeal
By Neil Rose
The Court of Appeal has rejected a convicted man’s application for third-party disclosure from the Bar Standards Board (BSB) over claims that his prosecutor was drunk.Reading Crown Court: Counsel collapsedLord…
Philadelphia Criminal Defense Blog
PA Supreme Court: Prosecutors May Not Use a Defendant’s Decision to Hire a Lawyer Against Him
Criminal Defense Attorney Zak Goldstein The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has decided Commonwealth v. Jenkins, No. 66 MAP 2024 (Pa. Oct. 1, 2026), holding that a prosecutor violates a defendant’s due…