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prosecutor misconduct
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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…
EvidenceProf Blog
Tenth Circuit Finds No Reversible Error in Prosecutor Saying That the Defendant’s Case Was a “Stupid Story”
By Colin Miller
In United States v. Davis, 15 F.3d 1393, 1402–03 (7th Cir.1994), found that the prosecutor's references to the defendant's case as "hogwash," "trash," and "garbage" did not deprive the defendant…
FCPA Professor
DOJ Responds To Hobson’s Motion To Dismiss
By Mike Koehler
In February 2026 Charles Hunter Hobson (who served in a variety of roles at Corsa Coal from 2013 to 2018) was found guilty by a jury for various Foreign Corrupt Practices Act…
FCPA Professor
Hobson Files A Motion To Dismiss
By Mike Koehler
In February 2026 Charles Hunter Hobson (who served in a variety of roles at Corsa Coal from 2013 to 2018) was found guilty by a jury for various Foreign Corrupt…
Criminal Law Library Blog
The DOJ Weaponization Working Group: Mission, Objectives, and the Debate Within the Criminal Bar
Can a government investigate allegations of politically motivated law enforcement without creating new concerns about political influence over the justice system? That question lies at the center of the debate…
A Lawyer Writes
ICC prosecutor suspended
Karim Khan KC, who has been on leave of absence from his job as prosecutor of the International Criminal Court for more than a year, was formally suspended yesterday by…
Justice Building
WELL…WHAT DO YOU THINK?
By scottysauljusticebuilding-blogspot-com
Here is an interesting article echoing many of the qualms that have been continually voiced on this blog. I do not have a lot of experience on this issue; sure, I've…
Simple Justice
Is The Burden Before The Grand Jury The Real Problem?
After the government’s raising the specter of prosecuting E. Jean Carroll, who is believed by some to have forced her evil vagina over Trump’s unwitting finger, for being unfamiliar with…
Philadelphia Criminal Defense Blog
PA Supreme Court: Prosecutorial Misconduct to Call a Witness the Prosecution Knows Will Refuse to Testify
Criminal Defense Lawyer Zak T. Goldstein, Esquire The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has decided the case of Commonwealth v. Belgrave, No. 31 WAP 2024 (Pa. March 26, 2026), holding that it…
Simple Justice
The Indictment That Wasn’t
There was a reason why Trump named Lindsey Halligan, an insurance defense lawyer who was unquestionably loyal, to the position of interim United States Attorney for the Eastern District of…