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prosecutor misconduct
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Simple Justice
When The Bill Comes Due In Gage County
One of the most obvious reasons people should care about bad cops and prosecutors is that DNA has brought some of the mistakes home. Not just that it happened, but…
The Right Coast
Emanuel to Smollett prosecutors: Get your stories straight
Rahm Emanuel is angry, and prosecutors in Chicago won t like Rahm when he s angry. In fact, Emanuel s so angry over the bizarre end to the Jussie Smollett…
Legal Profession Blog
Prosecutor’s Bad Math And Lack Of Defense Objection Leads To Remand
The Georgia Supreme Court vacated and remanded the malice murder conviction of two parents accused of the crime when their apparently healthy newborn returned to the hospital within hours with…
Legal Profession Blog
Prosecutors Charged With Misconduct In D.C.
The District of Columbia Disciplinary Counsel has filed charges alleging that two Assistant United States Attorneys violated multiple ethics rules in handling Brady evidence involving a government witness.The Court of…
Legal Profession Blog
New Jersey: Where “Troublesome Practices” Draw No Sanction
A rare discipline decision of the New Jersey Supreme CourtThis disciplinary matter involves serious allegations that a private attorney engaged in unethical conduct and improperly influenced the prosecution of two…
EvidenceProf Blog
Why the Justin Wolfe Case Looks Like a Classic Case of Prosecutorial Vindictiveness
By Colin Miller
Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court "ordered a lower court to review the case of a northern Virginia drug dealer who says his guilty plea in a 2001 murder was…
EvidenceProf Blog
Adam Gershowitz Posts “The Challenge of Convincing Ethical Prosecutors That Their Profession Has a Brady Problem” on SSRN
By Colin Miller
Adam Gershowitz (William & Mary) has posted "The Challenge of Convincing Ethical Prosecutors That Their Profession Has a Brady Problem" (Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law) on SSRN.Here is the…
Legal Profession Blog
Bad-Mouthing Defense Leads To Reversal
The Alaska Supreme Court found plain error and reversed a criminal conviction based on the prosecutor's closing argumentThe court of appeals found that the prosecutor’s statements “improperly denigrated the defense…
The Defense Rests
Court allows execution to proceed after receiving evidence of prosecutorial misconduct
By Paul Kennedy
Last Tuesday night the State of Texas murdered Alvin Braziel - despite the fact prosecutors admitted, hours before the scheduled execution that they had committed prosecutorial misconduct during the trial.Nevertheless…
Legal Profession Blog
Firewall
A criminal conviction was affirmed by the New York Appellate Division for the First Judicial DepartmentIn this case prosecuted by the Attorney General because of the District Attorney's recusal, several…