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Sentencing Law and Policy
Article calls non-adversarial and secluded prosecutorial decision-making “Anti-Justice”
Main May 12, 2014Article calls non-adversarial and secluded prosecutorial decision-making "Anti-Justice"I just noticed via SSRN this intriguing new article by Melanie Wilson titled "Anti-Justice." Here is the abstract: This Article…
Legal Profession Blog
Former Prosecutor Suspended
The Delaware Supreme Court ordered the immediate suspension of an attorney recently discussed in a Huffpost Crime reportA Delaware Deputy Attorney General has been charged with the rape of a…
Legal Profession Blog
From Addict To DA To Proposed Disbarment
The Review Department of the California State Bar Court has recommended disbarment of a prosecutor This is Jon Michael Alexander’s fourth disciplinary matter. The hearing judge below recommended his disbarment after…
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Prosecutor’s Removal From Office Upheld
The Utah Court of Appeals has reversed a district court order that had overturned the removal of an assistant county attorney from office based on misconduct in a criminal case.Larsen’s explanations in the…
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Exoneration Or Unforgivable Sin?
The Oklahoma Supreme Court, in its words, exonerated a criminal prosecutor on allegations of misconduct during the course of a rape trial:The complainant, Oklahoma Bar Association (Bar Association), charged the…
Sentencing Law and Policy
NACDL brings FOIA lawsuit against DOJ for access to criminal discovery guide
Main February 23, 2014NACDL brings FOIA lawsuit against DOJ for access to criminal discovery guideThe alphabet suit title for this post concerning this story reported here by Legal Times under…
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Former Prosecutor Suspended In West Virginia
The former Randolph County Prosecuting Attorney was suspended for three years for the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals for serious misconduct in two criminal matters.The attorney was admitted in…
Government Contracts & Investigations Blog
Chief Judge Kozinski’s Ninth Circuit Dissent in U.S. v. Olsen Offers Hope that Courts Will Keep Prosecutors Honest
On December 10, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied a request for a rehearing en banc in United States v. Olsen, 2013 WL 6487376 (9th…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Judge Kozinski’s Dissent Scolds The Ninth Circuit’s Majority On Brady/Giglio
What a marvelous dissent by Chief Judge Alex Kozinski, joined by judges Pregerson, Reinhardt, Thomas, and Watford, in United States v. Olsen. He dissented from the Ninth Circuit's refusal to rehear en banc the…
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Two Former Prosecutors Disbarred In Illinois
The web page of the illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission reports recent disbarments of two former state prosecutors.The firstMr. Hogan, who was licensed in Illinois in 2008, was disbarred. …