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Legal Profession Blog
Utah, Idaho, Pennsylvania, New Jersey
A prosecutor who was suspended for six-months by the Utah Supreme Court for a Rule 3.8(d) disclosure violation received identical reciprocal discipline in Idaho and Pennsylvania.He also now also gets…
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Prosecutor Walks On Ethics Charges
The New Orleans Advocate reported on an order of the Louisiana Supreme Court dismissing ethics charge against a prosecutorThe Louisiana Supreme Court has dismissed ethics charges against a prosecutor who…
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Former Prosecutor Suspended
The Louisiana Supreme Court suspended on an interim basis an attorney who was the subject of this December 2017 KTBS-ABC storyA prosecutor for the City of Shreveport has been fired…
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Prosecutor Cover Up Taints More Drug Convictions
WBUR reported on a decision issued yesterday by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial CourtThousands of drug cases tied to a state-run Amherst drug lab will be dismissed, and the state attorney…
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Disbarment Proposed For Former Prosecutor’s Blog Posts
Disbarment has been recommended for a former Assistant United States Attorney by the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary BoardRESPONDENT AS A COMMENTER ON NOLA.COMBeginning in or around November 2007 through on or…
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I Could Write A Book (And Get Censured)
The Tennessee Supreme Court Board of Professional Responsibility has censured a book-writing prosecutor who published an account of a murder case where he had convicted three defendants. At the time of…
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Missouri Prosecutor Reprimanded
A summary of a May 1 oral argument from the web page of the Missouri Supreme CourtSC96939 In re: Eric G. Zahnd Platte County Attorney disciplineListen to the oral argument: SC96939 MP3 fileChief Disciplinary…
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Rain Of Terror
Prosecutorial misconduct has led to a two-year suspension imposed by the New York Appellate Division for the Third Judicial DepartmentRespondent was admitted to practice by the Fourth Judicial Department in…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Disclosing Prosecutorial Misconduct”
Main June 16, 2018"Disclosing Prosecutorial Misconduct"I just came across this article authored by Jason Kreag available via SSRN. Here is its abstract: Prosecutorial misconduct in the form of Brady violations…
The Right Coast
Revealed: Mueller’s FBI Repeatedly Abused Prosecutorial Discretion
The media and establishment DC who reflexively defend Mueller haven t explained how they came to trust him so completely. It s a question worth asking given the bumpy historical…