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prosecutor misconduct
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Simple Justice
Clement Is The Court’s Friend
Paul Clement will never be tainted as some bleeding heart lefty lawyer, not that such an animal exists or, if he exists, is necessarily wrong. When Southern District of New…
Federal Defenders of New York Blog
Supreme Court grants new trial based on prosecutorial misconduct
Richard Glossip, who was sentenced to death in Oklahoma State for a 1997 murder, has been granted a new trial by the Supreme Court, Glossip v. Oklahoma, 604 U.S. –,…
Sentencing Law and Policy
SCOTUS rules in favor of condmened Oklahoma defendant Richard Glossip based on prosecutorial misconduct
Appeals by Oklahoma death row defendant Richard Glossip has now produced two notable opinions from the US Supreme Court. A decade ago as reported here, in a 5-4 ruling in…
Appellate and Supreme Court
SCOTUS rules in favor of condmened Oklahoma defendant Richard Glossip based on prosecutorial misconduct
Appeals by Oklahoma death row defendant Richard Glossip has now produced two notable opinions from the US Supreme Court. A decade ago as reported here, in a 5-4 ruling in…
Legal Profession Blog
Witchcraft And The Stench Of Death
The New Mexico Supreme Court reversed a criminal conviction and barred retrialIn this case of severe and pervasive prosecutorial misconduct, exacerbated by a lackluster defense, we hold that an Assistant…
EvidenceProf Blog
Court of Appeals of Kansas Finds Prosecutor Didn’t Err by Defining “Road Rage” & Saying the Defendant Committed it When it Wasn’t the Crime Charged
By Colin Miller
During closing arguments, a prosecutor can't substitute or interchange elements of the crimes charges with elements of other crimes or acts that aren't (or can't be) charged. So, does a…
Philadelphia Criminal Defense Blog
Attorney Goldstein Wins Reversal of Dismissal of PCRA Petition on Prosecutorial Misconduct Claim
Criminal Defense Attorney Zak Goldstein Philadelphia criminal defense attorney Zak T. Goldstein, Esquire, recently won the Superior Court appeal of the denial of a PCRA petition. In the case of…
Legal Profession Blog
Oral Argument Held In Bar Prosecution Of Chandra Levy Prosecutors
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals heard oral argument today (second case argued at link here) in the appeals of bar discipline matters brought against prosecutors in the high…
Legal Profession Blog
Missouri Hears Discipline Matters
The Missouri Supreme Court heard oral argument Tuesday and Wednesday in bar discipline matters.The argument in the Hollingsworth case is particularly interesting, involving a pro se Respondent defending alleged misconduct…
Legal Profession Blog
From State’s Attorney To Felony Conviction
The Illinois Administrator has filed a complaint based on a criminal conviction described in a press release from the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Missouri Former Williamson…