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Article • May 16, 2019 • from CLN June, 2019
Prosecutors Regret Man’s Wrongful Conviction in 1983 Florida Rape and Murder by The U.S. has seen a rise in exonerations in recent years. The National Registry of Exonerations (law.umich.edu) reports at least 139 exonerations in 2017, 166 in 2016 and 149 in 2015. But wrongfully convicted Ronald Stewart did not …
When Prosecuting Crimes by Police, Feds Appear to Move Slowly by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  In November 2013, Hickory, North Carolina, police Sergeant Robert George allegedly removed a woman driver from her auto and slammed her face-first onto the ground. She required corrective surgery.  Charged by local prosecutors in …
Misconduct by prosecutors is rampant — how do we deter it? by Mike Fawer by Mike Fawer, The Lens, Opinion https://thelensnola.org/2019/04/11/misconduct-by-prosecutors-is-rampant-how-do-we-deter-it/ I have been involved in the criminal justice system for almost 60 years, initially as a federal prosecutor, but for the greater portion of my career as a criminal …
Article • May 15, 2019 • from CLN June, 2019
Prosecutors Dropping Child Porn Charges After Software Tools Are Questioned by Jack Gillum More than a dozen cases were dismissed after defense attorneys asked to examine, or raised doubts about, computer programs that track illegal images to internet addresses. by Jack Gillum, ProPublica Using specialized software, investigators traced explicit child …
Creation of Prosecutorial Watchdog in New York Spotlights Distinction Between Misconduct and Unfair Conduct by Michael Berk by Michael Berk Thanks in no small part to the dedicated lobbying of people such as Jeffrey Deskovic — who spent 16 years locked up for a rape and murder he did not …
Article • April 12, 2019 • from CLN May, 2019
Prosecutors Have the Power to Stop Bad Roadside Drug Tests From Ruining People’s Lives by Sagiv Galai by Sagiv Galai, Paralegal,    ACLU Criminal Law Reform Project Three years ago on New Year’s Eve, Dasha Fincher was arrested in Monroe County, Georgia, after the deputies performed an on-the-spot test of …
Article • April 12, 2019 • from CLN May, 2019
Plea Bargaining: Prosecutors Leave Trail of Injustice When Playing Hardball with Defendants by David Reutter by David Reutter To fight against government tyranny in the criminal justice system, America’s Founding Fathers enshrined into the Constitution the “right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury.” Plea bargains, however, …
Article • March 16, 2019 • from CLN April, 2019
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Connecticut Supreme Court Announces Defense Counsel Has Duty to ‘Promptly’ Notify Defendant of Plea Offer, Failure to Notify Before Testifying Constitutes IAC by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Supreme Court of Connecticut held that a criminal defense attorney was ineffective for waiting to convey to his client a plea-bargain …
Article • February 15, 2019 • from CLN March, 2019
Government Snitches: Incentivized Witnesses Are the Leading Cause of Wrongful Convictions by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Every year, innocent people go to prison, or even death row, because of government informants who lie to get a good deal in their own criminal case. The problem, studies show, is the …
Article • February 15, 2019 • from CLN March, 2019
Bronx Prosecutors Trained to Manipulate System to Delay Trials by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Recently revealed internal training documents from the Bronx District Attorney’s Office show that prosecutors are being trained in courtroom techniques designed to delay trial, undermining defendants’ speedy trial rights and extending the pretrial incarceration of …
Article • December 5, 2018 • from CLN December, 2018
Federal Death Penalty Prosecutors Accuse One Another of Destroying Evidence and Other Misconduct in Discrimination Lawsuit by Shawn Musgrave, Brooke Williams by Shawn Musgrave and Brooke Williams, Published by Criminal Legal News with permission from The Intercept, July 18, 2018 A team of federal prosecutors charged with promoting “consistency and …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from CLN November, 2018
Brooklyn, New York’s Top Prosecutor Opens Door for Expungement of Pot Convictions by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez has announced that he will accept applications from thousands of individuals to erase their low-level marijuana convictions in a program unveiled in September 2018. He said his …
Is a Florida Chief Judge Taking Cues From a Prosecutor? by Jacqueline Azis, Somil Trivedi by Jacqueline Azis, Staff Attorney, ACLU of Florida & Somil Trivedi, Staff Attorney, ACLU Trone Center for Justice and Equality Prosecutors are some of the most powerful elected officials in our country. They decide what …
The Power of the Prosecutor: A Personal Account by Ashley Sawyer by Ashley Sawyer, Campaign for Smart Justice Consultant, ACLU of Vermont Have you ever watched an episode of “Law & Order”? The creators do an amazing job of dramatizing the court process. The characters playing the prosecutors are always …
Article • October 31, 2018 • from CLN November, 2018
Do Las Vegas Prosecutors Routinely Ignore Discovery Disclosure Requirements? by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Attorneys for the Office of the Clark County (Nevada) Public Defender say prosecutors routinely violate state and federal laws governing the sharing of information known as “discovery.” They claim the situation is so grave that …
Article • September 20, 2018 • from CLN October, 2018
Prosecutors Use Their Power to Help Reform Criminal Justice by Prosecutors are using their power to reach beyond the courtroom to reform the country’s prison crisis and usually much more effectively and efficiently than lawmakers could do. Last fall, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner began working to reverse prosecutorial practices …
Article • August 17, 2018 • from CLN September, 2018
Hawaii Supreme Court Vacates Conviction Due to Prosecutor’s Bogus Argument Attacking Defense Counsel by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 21, 2018, the Supreme Court of Hawaii held that a prosecutor’s improper closing argument stating that defense counsel tried to get the complaining witness to commit perjury required that …
Article • June 16, 2018 • from CLN July, 2018
Philly Prosecutor’s ‘Do Not Call’ List Released; Names Cops Not to Call to the Stand by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Corruption in the Philadelphia Police Department led local prosecutors to prepare a list of cops who had engaged in misconduct, including excessive force, drinking on duty, and lying to …
Innocence be Damned: Prosecutors Who Disregard Justice in Push to Win at Any Cost by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The prosecutor’s goal “is not that it shall win a case, but that justice shall be done,” the U.S. Supreme Court declared in Berger v. United States, 295 U.S. 78 …
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