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prosecutor misconduct
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Sentencing Law and Policy
“Can the system curb prosecutorial abuses?”
Main October 31, 2013"Can the system curb prosecutorial abuses?" The title of this post is the headline of this article in The Arizona Republic capping its series of article on…
Legal Profession Blog
The 2000 Year Old Prosecutor
The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has affirmed the conviction of a defendant for the shotgun murder of his wife.The decision brought a short but impassioned dissent from Justice Ketchum:The majority…
Legal Profession Blog
Disbarment Of Former Prosecutor Affirmed By Arizona Supreme Court
The Arizona Supreme Court has disbarred former Maricopa County prosecutor Lisa Aubuchon in an appeal from an order of disbarment by a disciplinary panel. The court rejected claims that (i) the…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
A Rare Rebuke.
The Fourth Circuit has issued a rare and stern rebuke to the Eastern District of North Carolina U.S. Attorney's Office, for what the panel describes as repeated failures to disclose…
Legal Profession Blog
Extra Care For Prosecutor’s DNA Argument
The Maryland Court of Appeals has reversed a conviction for second-degree murder, holding that the prosecutor's closing argument regarding the DNA evidence was improper and misleading.The court noted that "extra care"…
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Fight Brewing In D.C. Over Prosecutorial Misconduct
The District of Columbia Board on Professional Responsibility has recommended a suspension of 30 days of an Assistant United States Attorney who had failed to provide a witness statement to…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Five Years Later, Almost No Charges
By Ellen Podgor
by: Solomon L. WisenbergYet another story from NPR, with the obligatory quotes from Bill Black and Neil Barofsky, about DOJ's abject failure to properly investigate and prosecute high-ranking corporate insiders for…
Legal Profession Blog
A First For Maine
In a matter that the single justice described as the first instance where a state prosecutor was subject to disciplinary sanction for ethics violations, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ordered…
Legal Profession Blog
Disbarment Proposed For Overreaching Prosecutor
It's a day of discipline for former prosecutors.The Illinois Review Board has recommended disbarment on facts summarized in the board's synopsis:The Administrator charged Respondent with misconduct arising out his conduct…
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“The Dark, Unseen, Ugly, Shocking Nightmare Vision Of A Prosecutor Who Loves Victory More Than He Loves Justice”
We have a second instance (following a recent Florida decision) of discipline imposed on a state prosecutor for misconduct in a death penalty trial, here in a case arising from…