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Sentencing Law and Policy
EffectiveProPublicareports on the problems of prosecutorial misconduct
Main May 25, 2013Effective ProPublica reports on the problems of prosecutorial misconductThe investigative journalism website ProPublica has now published another installment in its notable series of pieces concerning the problems…
Legal Profession Blog
“Street Thug” Argument Draws Reversal
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court reversed a criminal conviction due to the prosecutor's improper closing argument:Early in his closing argument the prosecutor set the stage with this introduction: "I would…
Legal Profession Blog
Arizona Supremes Read Twitter
In the first bar disciplinary case reviewed under its new procedures, the Arizona Supreme Court reduced a six-month and one day suspension imposed by a hearing panel and instead imposed…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Brady Violation Leads to Arrest of Former Texas Prosecutor
By Ellen Podgor
by: Lawrence S. GoldmanProsecutors who have committed Brady violations, even those which have been later demonstrated to have resulted in wrongful convictions and lengthy terms of imprisonment for persons later proven…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Administrative Judge Reverses Suspension of Stevens Prosecutors
By Ellen Podgor
by: Lawrence S. GoldmanAn administrative judge for the Merit Systems Protection Board has overturned the DOJ internal decision finding reckless misconduct for violating Brady obligations by two prosecutors of Senator Ted Stevens,…
Legal Profession Blog
Disbarment Proposed For California DA
From L.A. Now:A California bar court has recommended that Del Norte County Dist. Atty. Jon Michael Alexander be stripped of his law license for prosecutorial misconduct.In an opinion released Friday,…
Legal Profession Blog
We Think Not
From the Indiana Supreme Court comes a decision that succinctly states its conclusion:When a prosecutor has neither filed a charge nor initiated a grand jury proceeding, may she nevertheless petition…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Ninth Circuit Reverses Death Sentence Because of Unconstitutional Actions of Police Officer and Prosecution
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
The Ninth Circuit has granted a writ of habeas corpus to Debra Jean Milke, a woman on Arizona's death row for the 1990 death of her four year old child,…
Legal Profession Blog
No Reversal For Prosecutor Whispering In Closing argument
The Washington Court of Appeals, Division Two found prosecutorial misconduct but declined to reverse a criminal conviction.Among the violations - the prosecutor stood close to the jury and whispered inaudibly…
Legal Profession Blog
Name Calling
A criminal defendant produced a handgun in court after the jury rerturned a guilty verdict. He was subdued by the assistant attorney general and a sheriff. As a result, he…