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prosecutor misconduct
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Fourth and Fourteenth
Protecting Prosecutors
Several regional sections of New York's Commission on Statewide Attorney Discipline met recently to discuss, in part, whether an independent Commission on Prosecutorial Misconduct should be formed to address the…
Legal Profession Blog
No Eagle Scout
From the Idaho State BarOn September 17, 2015, the Idaho Supreme Court entered an Order accepting the resignation in lieu of discipline of Eagle attorney, John T. Bujak. The Idaho…
Legal Profession Blog
Improper Argument Dooms Murder Conviction
A prosecutor's improper closing argument requires the Commonwealth to accept either a reduced verdict or a new trial, according to a recent opinion of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial CourtIt is…
Sentencing Law and Policy
DoesGlossipcase reveal Oklahoma’s prosecutors as immoral and its judges lacking in moral fiber?
Main September 16, 2015Does Glossip case reveal Oklahoma's prosecutors as immoral and its judges lacking in moral fiber?The qustion in the title of this post is prompted by this provocative…
Legal Profession Blog
Prosecutor’s Broken Promise Leads To Vacated Count
The New Mexico Supreme Court vacated a tampering with evidence conviction in order to hold the prosecutor to a promise made to the defendantthis Court has previously held that a…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Lots of interesting criminal-justice reading for the long weekend
Main September 7, 2015Lots of interesting criminal-justice reading for the long weekendAs I enjoy the tail end of a lovely holiday weekend, I will seek to honor laborers by here…
Legal Profession Blog
New Trial Order Affirmed; Court Condemns Prosecutor Online Campaign
Legal Ethics Forum has posted a story on the Fifth Circuit's affirmance of the grant of a new trial to the Danziger Bridge defendants.The court majorityThat three supervisory-level prosecutors committed…
Legal Profession Blog
Daum Conviction Affirmed
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed the conviction of a well-known D.C. criminal defense attorney but reversed the conviction of one of his…
Legal Profession Blog
Bad Prosecutor
An attorney who engaged in multiple acts of prosecutorial misconduct as an assistant district attorney has been disbarred by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.In one of the mattersThe convictions concerning "J.L."…
EvidenceProf Blog
Critiquing the State’s Argument that Adnan Presented Very Few Bail Letters From His Classmates
By Colin Miller
As we noted on Episode 7 of the Undisclosed Podcast, the prosecution made the following argument at Adnan's bail review hearing on March 31, 1999:This seems to be yet another unsupported argument…