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• Witness Claim Of Prosecutorial Sex Spawns New Trial

  
  North Country Gazette — Authority: 585
  © 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 ...
  3 days ago

• How bout some legal news?

  
  Irons in the Fire — Authority: 444
  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 ...
  4 days ago

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

  
  California Criminal Lawyer Blog — Authority: 120
  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 ...
  1 week ago

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

  
  The StandDown Texas Project — Authority: 530
  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 ...
  1 week ago

• Prosecutors: We can frame you with impunity

  
  Homeland Stupidity — Authority: 512
  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 ...
  1 week ago

• PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT QUANTIFYING PROOF BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT

  
  California Criminal Lawyer Blog — Authority: 120
  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 ...
  1 week ago

• Do You Have the Right Not To Be Framed?

  
  Outside The Beltway | OTB — Authority: 653
  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 ...
  1 week ago

• Prosecutors Must be Held Accountable for Misconduct

  
  The Justice Project — Authority: 103
  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 ...
  1 week ago

• Prosecutorial Immunity

  
  Disgusted Beyond Belief — Authority: 92
  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 ...
  1 week ago

• When Procedure Trumps Justice

  
  The StandDown Texas Project — Authority: 530
  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 ...
  1 week ago

• H.N.I.C. comment was misunderstood

  
  ItsYourTimes.com - from each according to her knowledge, to each according to his curiosity — Authority: 122
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  3 weeks ago

• Feds gone haywire. What else is new..?

  
  Conservative Libertarian Outpost — Authority: 503
  Prosecutorial misconduct is something that most people hold to be immeasurably immoral. Other than Prosecutors, that is. Oh sure, they will all line up in well spaced rows reminiscent of a regiment of soldiers condemning that sort of behavior. Yet they have their way of looking at what constitutes said act, or acts. ...
  3 weeks ago

• An Update on Anthony Graves

  
  The StandDown Texas Project — Authority: 530
  Even in the midst of all that surrounds the case of Todd Willingham, there are other Texas cases highlighting the failures of Texas criminal justice system. Jordan Smith reports, " Junk Science Emerges in Graves Case ," in the current issue of the Austin Chronicle, our local, independent alt-weekly.  Heres an ...
  4 weeks ago

• Texas Defender Service on the Hood Ruling

  
  The StandDown Texas Project — Authority: 530
  Heres the text of the Texas Defender Service news release: TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OKS SECRET SEXUAL AFFAIR BETWEEN JUDGE ANDPROSECUTOR IN DEATH CASE Court Ignores Sworn Undisputed Evidence of Hidden Relationship Today, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, in a 6-3 decision,ignored evidence of a ...
  8 weeks ago

• The Return of the Plano HoodWink

  
  The StandDown Texas Project — Authority: 530
  The Court of Criminal Appeals order is here .  A dissent by Judge Cochran, joined by Judges Price and Holcomb, is here . " Texas appeals court wont rule whether judge-prosecutor affair tainted Collin County death penalty trial ," is Diane Jennings Dallas Morning News report. The questionof whether a romantic ...
  8 weeks ago

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