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Prosecutors Receive Absurdly Lenient Sentence of Probation for Brady Violation That Resulted in an Innocent Man Spending More Than Four Years in Prison
Loaded on July 15, 2024
by Douglas Ankney
published in Criminal Legal News
July, 2024, page 38
Filed under:
Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct,
Attorney Discipline,
Brady Rule violations,
Evidence - Failure to Disclose.
Location:
District of Columbia.
by Douglas Ankney
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals gave prosecutors Mary Chris Dobbie and Reagan Taylor an absurdly lenient sentence of one year’s probation for deliberately withholding evidence that resulted in an innocent man spending four years in prison. In re Dobbie, 305 A.3d 780 …
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