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prosecutor misconduct
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PrawfsBlawg
Brady “Materiality” and the Anemic Implementation of Prosecutors’ Disclosure Obligations
Main Monday, May 14, 2018Brady “Materiality” and the Anemic Implementation of Prosecutors’ Disclosure ObligationsBuilding on previous posts (here and here) examining how various kinds of prejudice rules impact the efficacy…
Legal Profession Blog
Freddie Gray Prosecutor Immune From Civil Liability
Immunity prevents a lawsuit against the Baltimore City State's Attorney for the prosecutions in the death of Freddie Gray, according to this opinion of the United States Court of Appeals…
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…
Legal Profession Blog
Censure For Prosecutor’s Rebuttal Closing Argument
The Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility has publicly censured a prosecutor for misconduct in rebuttal closing argument.The violation involved referring to evidence that had been excluded by a pretrial order. The…
Legal Profession Blog
Bar Complaints Against Prosecutor Exempt From FOIA
The South Carolina Court of Appeals affirmed an order denying access to bar complaints against a prosecutorIn this action pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), South Carolina Lawyers…
The FCA Insider
Former DOJ Prosecutor Pleads Guilty After Attempting to Sell Sealed False Claims Act Cases to the Target Defendants
A former prosecutor for the United States Department of Justice has pled guilty to attempting to sell sealed False Claims cases to the defendants in those cases and to transporting…
The Right Coast
“Prosecutorial misconduct”: Judge rips DoJ, dismisses all charges against Bundys – Hot Air Hot Air
The long legal saga of the Bundys and their armed opposition to federal land management in 2014 has come to an abrupt end. Federal district court judge Gloria Navarro declared…
The Right Coast
“Prosecutorial misconduct”: Judge rips DoJ, dismisses all charges against Bundys – Hot Air Hot Air
The long legal saga of the Bundys and their armed opposition to federal land management in 2014 has come to an abrupt end. Federal district court judge Gloria Navarro declared…
Legal Profession Blog
The Letter
A decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia CircuitOver two decades ago, the Department of Justice sent a proposed termination letter to one of…
Legal Profession Blog
Secret Romance Gets AUSA Supended
The Louisiana Supreme Court has suspended an attorney for a year and a day with all but six months stayedSince 1990, respondent has been employed as an Assistant United States…