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EvidenceProf Blog
North Carolina Subcommittee Approves Rule Requiring Prosecutors to Turn Over Post-Conviction Evidence of Innocence
By Colin Miller
Pursuant to Rule 3.8(g) of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct,When a prosecutor knows of new, credible and material evidence creating a reasonable likelihood that a convicted defendant did not…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
U.S. v. Reddy Annappareddy: Decision Day Is Here
As we write this post U.S. District Court Judge George Russell is holding a hearing on Defendant's Motion to Dismiss with prejudice. I have previously discussed this case here and here. The…
Legal Profession Blog
I Could Write A Book
The Indiana Lawyer has the story of a disciplinary caseFloyd County Prosecutor Keith Henderson should be reprimanded by the Indiana Supreme Court for a book deal on a high-profile murder…
EvidenceProf Blog
California Bill Would Make Altering/Withholding/Modifying Material Evidence a Felony
By Colin Miller
California Assemblywoman Patty Lopez has introduced a pretty interesting piece of legislation. Under the bill,Prosecutors who intentionally withhold or falsify evidence could be charged with a felony under a new…
EvidenceProf Blog
Prosecutor’s “Lost in Space” Statement Leads to Loss on Appeal in Manslaughter Case
By Colin Miller
Yesterday, Deadline announced that Netflix has given a 10-episode straight-to-series order to Lost in Space, a remake of sci-fi master Irwin Allen’s 1965 cult TV classic, from Legendary TV.I remember watching watching "Lost in Space" in…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Do all or most prosecutors really end up “hostile to constitutional rights”?
Main June 24, 2016Do all or most prosecutors really end up "hostile to constitutional rights"?The question in the title of this post is prompted by this lengthy new Reason commentary…
Legal Profession Blog
Utah Sanctions Prosecutor
A seven-month suspension of a prosecutor was affirmed and reversed in part by the Utah Supreme Court.Tyler James Larsen was a prosecutor with the Davis County Attorney’s Office from 2007…
EvidenceProf Blog
Judge in Freddie Gray Case Finds Brady Violation, Says Baltimore’s #2 Prosecutor Doesn’t Understand Discovery Rules
By Colin Miller
Earlier today, Judge Barry Williams found that the prosecution in the Caesar Goodson case violated Brady v. Maryland by failing "to disclose to the defense that they had engaged in a lengthy…
Sentencing Law and Policy
New York Timeseditorial calls for “federal oversight of prosecutors’ offices that repeatedly ignore defendants’ legal and constitutional rights”
Main June 7, 2016New York Times editorial calls for "federal oversight of prosecutors’ offices that repeatedly ignore defendants’ legal and constitutional rights"This new New York Times editorial, headlined "To Stop…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
NYTimes’ editorial board calls for federal oversight of local prosecutors
The editorial, titled To Stop Bad Prosecutors, Call the Feds, begins: Prosecutors are the most powerful players in the American criminal justice system. Their decisions — like whom to charge…