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prosecutor misconduct
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Legal Profession Blog
Prosecutor Reprimanded For Taking Documents From Judge’s Chambers
The Arizona Presiding Disciplinary Judge accepted a consent disposition of reprimand of a prosecutor for conduct in the prosecution of an aggravated DUI case.The defense had submitted prescription medical records…
Legal Profession Blog
Conviction Gone With The Wind
The Idaho Supreme Court has reversed a conviction as a result of prosecutorial misconduct in rebuttal closing argument.The prosecutorLadies and gentlemen, when I was a kid we used to like…
EvidenceProf Blog
The Serial Podcast, Episode 10: Was There Prosecutorial Misconduct With Jay’s Plea Deal?
By Colin Miller
I've done sixteen posts(here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here)about 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. This post is…
Legal Profession Blog
Conviction Reversed; Prosecutor Knowingly Used Perjured Testimony
The Indiana Court of Appeals had reversed a burglary conviction based on its conclusion that the prosecution knowingly used perjured testimony. The case involved the robbery of a Dollar General in…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“‘Power and Greed and the Corruptible Seed’: Mental Disability, Prosecutorial Misconduct, and the Death Penalty”
Main November 21, 2014"'Power and Greed and the Corruptible Seed': Mental Disability, Prosecutorial Misconduct, and the Death Penalty"The title of this post is the title of this notable new paper…
Legal Profession Blog
Wrong Path
The former prosecuting attorney for Washakie County has been suspended for 30 days by the Wyoming Supreme Court.The ethics issues arose as a result of an earlier stipulated private reprimand…
Legal Profession Blog
Prosecutor Chided For “Slut” Reference
The Vermont Supreme Court has reversed a sexual assault conviction and chided the prosecutor for language in rebuttal argument.The defense was consent based on the theory that the victim engaged…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Too Much Skin in the Game? A Review of Sidney Powell’s Licensed To Lie
Imagine being so angry at prosecutorial shenanigans in one of your cases that you decide to write a book. A book that names names and settles scores. A book that…
Legal Ethics Forum
Monica Lewinsky and the “no contact” rule
A few years back, I enjoyed Ken Gormley's account of Ken Starr's investigation of Whitewater and the Lewisnky matters. I found the book even-handed and thorough, and it had lots…
Legal Profession Blog
Judge Complains, Prosecutor Fired
The Daily News Journal reportsA Rutherford County [Tennessee] assistant district attorney was fired earlier this week after a verbal altercation with a judge during a rape trial in September.ADA Laural…