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prosecutor misconduct
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Legal Profession Blog
An Insufficient Flow Of Information Gets A DA In Trouble
A Colorado District Attorney is the subject of a stayed six-months suspension and probation accepted by the Presiding Disciplinary Judge. Ruybalid is the elected District Attorney for the Third Judicial District,…
Legal Profession Blog
“Dirty Bitch” Comment To Prosecutor Draws Stayed Suspension
A stayed three-year suspension with probation has been imposed by the Kansas Supreme Court on an attorney appointed to defend a felony driving under the influence case.The attorney was concerned…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Highlighting the role of prosecutorial activity in modern mass incarceration
Main February 8, 2015Highlighting the role of prosecutorial activity in modern mass incarceration I am pleased to see this new Slate piece giving attention to Professor John Pfaff's important and…
inversecondemnation.com
Links From Day Two, ALI-CLE Eminent Domain Conference
Here are the links from our opening sessions this morning:"The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail —…
Legal Profession Blog
Prosecutor Disbarred; Claim Of Malicious Prosecution Rejected
A sanction reported in the February 2015 California Bar JournalJON M. ALEXANDER [#129207], 66, of Crescent City, was disbarred Nov. 21, 2014 and ordered to comply with rule 9.20 of…
EvidenceProf Blog
Pass Interference: AZ Court Grants New Trial Based on Prosecutorial Interference w/Defense Witness Testimony Through No Testimony Clauses
By Colin Miller
The Compulsory Process Clause of the Sixth Amendment provides thatIn all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right....to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor....So, let's say that the…
Legal Profession Blog
Conviction For Murder Of Four Police Officers Reversed Due To Prosecutor’s Misstatement Of Law
Prosecutorial misconduct has led to the reversal of a conviction for involvement in the murder of four police officers in an opinion issued today by the Washington State Supreme Court.The…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Powell on Weissmann
To no one's surprise, Sidney Powell is not happy with the selection of Andrew Weissman to head up DOJ's Fraud Section. Here is her take on the decision in this…
Litigation & Trial
Does The President Really Think U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz Is Doing A Good Job?
Next week is the second anniversary of the death of Aaron Swartz, who committed suicide amid an unjustifiable prosecution led by U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz, a prosecution that at best…
EvidenceProf Blog
The Serial Podcast: The Possible Legal Implications of Kevin Urick’s Interview for Adnan
By Colin Miller
I've posted 28 entries Sarah Koenig's Serial Podcast, which deals with the 1999 prosecution of 17 year-old Adnan Syed for murdering his ex-girlfriend, 18 year-old Hae Min Lee, on January 13, 1999. These…