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• County Counselor Patricia Redington insisted it had nothing to do with politics,

  
  Irons in the Fire — Authority: 492
  influence or pressure from any official. “These charges are like the 90,000 other charges we file each year,” she said . Uh huh. Which is why it only took 90 frikkin days for them to get around to it? And on the day before Thanksgiving?(can you say "Maybe theyll forget all this by Monday?") And all ...
  18 hours ago

• Changing the “Convict at All Costs” Culture of Prosecutor’s Offices

  
  The Justice Project — Authority: 108
  By John F. Terzano All too often, prosecutors’ offices fall prey to a culture of conviction-seeking at all costs. Prosecutors who become singularly focused on conviction rates often neglect their ethical duty to protect the innocent and guard the rights of the accused. The Kern County District Attorney’s Office ...
  3 days ago

• Massachusetts Superior Court judge Daniel Ford is one of those people,

  
  Irons in the Fire — Authority: 492
  who if he actually had any honor left, or sense of shame, would not show his face in public anymore. Baran was convicted in January 1985 of molesting six children at a pre-kindergarten day care facility in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He was released on bond in 2006 after an appeals court determined that his trial ...
  4 days ago

• We’re Back, Did Ya Miss Us?

  
  The Criminal Lawyer — Authority: 110
  Finally, the trial that would. not. end. is over. Three weeks to try a case that should have taken no more than five days. In the case that just would not end, either. The arrest was more than three years ago — that’s plenty long to have a felony case hanging over your head. Especially one as over-charged as ...
  6 days ago

• Witness Claim Of Prosecutorial Sex Spawns New Trial

  
  North Country Gazette — Authority: 541
  © By June MaxamALL RIGHTS RESERVEDNo Reprints AllowedERIE COUNTY, OHIO—In what could be the most serious allegations of prosecutorial misconduct in the U.S. since the actions of former Durham district attorney Mike Nifong in withholding crucial DNA evidence in the now infamous Duke lacrosse case, a federal court ...
  2 weeks ago

• How bout some legal news?

  
  Irons in the Fire — Authority: 492
  Like how the St. Louis DA, Bob McCulloch , seems to be trying to cover for the SEIU thugs who beat up Kenneth Gladney? The Gladney beating took place at a forum on ‘Aging’, sponsored by Rep. Russ Carnahan. Carnahan had been caught flat-footed by earlier protests. This time he was more prepared; the day before ...
  2 weeks ago

• CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL LAW: PLACING A SHERIFFS DEPUTY IN A CHAIR NEXT TO A TESTIFYING DEFENDANT (OUTRAGEOUS!)

  
  California Criminal Lawyer Blog — Authority: 122
  PLACING A SHERIFFS DEPUTY IN A CHAIR NEXT TO A TESTIFYING DEFENDANT This was an outrage of the week in 2007, and its an outrage of this week as well. There was no claim that the defefendant had been disruptive or presented any sort of danger. Nevertheless, the Alameda County Sheriff had a policy that when ...
  2 weeks ago

• News Coverage of Wood v. Allen & Prosecutorial Immunity Case

  
  The StandDown Texas Project — Authority: 532
  You can read the transcripts in Pottawattamie County v. McGhee and Wood v. Allen , via the Courts website. Adam Liptak writes, " Justices, in Aftermath of 2 Murder Cases, Hear Claims of a Process Gone Wrong ," for todays New York Times. The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in two cases involving claims ...
  3 weeks ago

• Prosecutors: We can frame you with impunity

  
  Homeland Stupidity — Authority: 523
  Prosecutors trying to put you in prison for a crime you didn’t commit can fabricate evidence, coerce witnesses into lying on the stand, and enjoy absolute immunity. They cannot go to prison. They cannot even be sued. They aren’t even likely to get so much as a reprimand from the bar association or from their ...
  3 weeks ago

• PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT QUANTIFYING PROOF BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT

  
  California Criminal Lawyer Blog — Authority: 122
  PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT QUANTIFYING PROOF BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT The Deputy District Attornrey in this case illustrated proof beyond a reasonable doubt by using a PowerPoint slide show, showing a jigsaw puzzle picture of the Statute of Liberty, which comes together with two pieces missing. The DA used this ...
  3 weeks ago

• Do You Have the Right Not To Be Framed?

  
  Outside The Beltway | OTB — Authority: 675
  The Supreme Court hears oral argument today in Pottawattamie County v McGee , wherein they will have to decide if prosecutors have immunity from lawsuits even if they frame someone for murder. On one side of the case being argued are Iowa prosecutors who contend “there is no freestanding right not to be ...
  3 weeks ago

• Prosecutors Must be Held Accountable for Misconduct

  
  The Justice Project — Authority: 108
  By John F. Terzano Charged with dual roles as advocates and ministers of justice, prosecutors are the most powerful actors in our criminal justice system. They have sole responsibility for decisions regarding what charges to bring against an individual, what sentence to seek, what plea bargain to offer, and what ...
  3 weeks ago

• Prosecutorial Immunity

  
  Disgusted Beyond Belief — Authority: 100
  The Supreme Court hears oral argument today on a case about whether prosecutors have absolute immunity from suit for misconduct . The misconduct in this case was criminal - the prosecutors and police actively framed two black teenagers they knew were innocent. I suspect that the court will grant the prosecutors ...
  3 weeks ago

• When Procedure Trumps Justice

  
  The StandDown Texas Project — Authority: 532
  Thats the title of Bennett Gershman s commentary for the National Law Journal.  Gershman teaches at Pace Law School and the author of Prosecutorial Misconduct .  LINK What could be worse than a capital murder trial in which the trialjudge and the prosecutor are having a secret love affair and, workingin ...
  3 weeks ago

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