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Hawai’i Supreme Court Reverses Murder Conviction for Prosecutorial Misconduct Based on Prosecution’s Improper Statements During Closing Arguments by Sam Rutherford by Sam Rutherford The Supreme Court of Hawai’i reversed a murder conviction for prosecutorial misconduct where a deputy prosecutor described the defendant as a liar and inserted personal opinions concerning …
Reform-Minded Prosecutors Face Backlash for Prosecuting Bad Cops by Sam Rutherford by Sam Rutherford   In the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement spurred by the police-involved killing of George Floyd, citizens across the country elected reform-minded prosecutors who ran on platforms promising accountability for police who break the …
Article • December 15, 2023 • from CLN December, 2023
Natural Language Processing Software Can Identify Biased Jury Selection, Has Potential to Be Used in Real Time During Voir Dire by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott The Journal of Empirical Legal Studies published a ground-breaking study out of Cornell University that proves prosecutors question Black venire persons in …
Article • April 15, 2020 • from CLN May, 2020
Hawaii Lawmakers Propose Transparency from Prosecutors by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Prosecutors are the “most powerful actors in the criminal justice system” proclaims Hawaii House Bill 2749. That bill would follow the lead of Florida, Colorado, and Arizona in increasing transparency into court proceedings. A Texas A&M Law …
Brief • March 24, 2020
Filed under: Prosecutors, Money/Property
Michigan v. Smith, MI, Felony Complaint, Prosecutors Public Integrity Crimes, 2020 /"'\ DISTRICT: CIRCUIT: MSP# 010-0000169-19 STATE OF MICHIGAN 418 JUDICIAL DISTRICT 16TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COMPLAINT District Court ORI: Ml500045J 22380 Starks Drive, Clinton Township, Ml 48036 Circuit Court ORI: Ml500015J 40 N. Main, Mount Clemens, Ml 48043 586-469-9300 586-469-5208 …
Article • March 18, 2020 • from CLN April, 2020
NYC Drug Prosecutor Bucks Trend of Releasing List of Cops with Credibility Issues by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Through the Freedom of Information Law, communications, memos, and correspondence were obtained that reveal the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor’s (“OSNP”) database has information flagging police officers with potential credibility …
Article • March 18, 2020 • from CLN April, 2020
Filed under: Prosecutors
Jury Nullification as a Cure for Prosecutorial Overreach by Anthony Accurso by Anthony Accurso An article published by ProsecutorialAccountability.com seeks to educate the public about the history of jury nullification and how reversing statutes and case law that prevent juries from knowing a defendant’s possible sentence could help curb prosecutorial …
Article • March 18, 2020 • from CLN April, 2020
Reform-Minded Prosecutors Use Charging Discretion to Benefit Communities by Anthony Accurso by Anthony Accurso  Now that the nation is evolving from “tough on crime” to “smart on crime” tactics, reform-minded prosecutors are making big changes by exercising their discretion on how and when to prosecute low-level offenders.  At the highest …
Article • February 19, 2020 • from CLN March, 2020
DA’s Office Files Bar Complaint on Its Own Former Prosecutor by Anthony Accurso by Anthony Accurso The Santa Fe, New Mexico, District Attorney’s Office submitted a formal complaint to the state’s Bar Association alleging that former prosecutor Jason Lidyard (who is now a district court judge) intentionally withheld exculpatory evidence …
Article • February 19, 2020 • from CLN March, 2020
Critics Claim Thin Blue Line Protects Cops and Prosecutors in Orange County, California by Bill Barton by Bill Barton At about 6 a.m., August 19, 2018, Orange County police officer Michael Devitt yanked Mohamed Sayem from his Jeep and punched him several times in the face and stomach, an incident …
Article • February 19, 2020 • from CLN March, 2020
Filed under: Prosecutors
Prosecutors Transform Due Process into ‘Dues Processed’ by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Criminal justice reform advocates often espouse pretrial diversion programs. These programs permit accused citizens to pay a fee and take a class or two in exchange for dismissal of the charges and a clean record. The prosecutor …
Article • February 19, 2020 • from CLN March, 2020
Federal Prosecutor’s Office in Kansas Considers It Acceptable to Listen to Attorney-Client Conversations by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss United States District Court Judge Julie Robinson released a 188-page opinion August 13, 2019, holding the Kansas branch of the U.S. Attorney’s Office (“USAO”) in contempt for deliberate obfuscation and misrepresentation …
Article • February 18, 2020 • from CLN March, 2020
Prosecutorial Misconduct: Justice Denied as the System Turns a Blind Eye by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis How do rogue forensic scientists and other bad cops thrive in our criminal justice system? The simple answer is that some prosecutors turn a blind eye to such misconduct because they’re more interested …
Article • January 21, 2020 • from CLN February, 2020
South Carolina Supreme Court Grants New Trial Due to Prosecutor’s Prejudicial Closing Remarks by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of South Carolina granted a new trial to Oscar Fortune after the Court determined Fortune’s due process rights were violated by prejudicial remarks from the prosecutor during closing …
Article • August 19, 2019 • from CLN September, 2019
Sixth Circuit: Prosecutor’s Numerous Improper Comments Constitute Flagrant Misconduct Depriving Defendants of a Fair Trial by Anthony Accurso by Anthony Accurso The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit vacated the conviction of two defendants on possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine charges because the prosecutor’s numerous improper comments …
Article • June 22, 2019
Florida Judge Rejects ‘Slap on the Wrist’ Sentencing by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss  Former police officers Charlie Dayoub and Raul Fernandez were sentenced on October 17, 2018, to the federal maximum of one year in prison for falsifying arrest affidavits. Dayoub expected only eight months of home confinement and …
Article • June 17, 2019 • from CLN July, 2019
Filed under: Prosecutors
Stop Peeking Inside the Black Box by Locally elected prosecutors wield tremendous, and often unchecked, power. They singlehandedly determine who to prosecute, the charges brought, whether to seek the death penalty when applicable or whether to offer a plea bargain, and they have enormous impact on the recommended sentence.  If …
Article • June 17, 2019 • from CLN July, 2019
Prosecutors Use Blacklists to Keep Dishonest Officers out of the Courtroom by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss District attorney offices across the nation are adopting blacklists of officers whose testimony in court is untrustworthy. Referred to as “do not call lists,” “exclusion lists,” or “Brady lists,” D.A.s have stated that …
Article • June 17, 2019 • from CLN July, 2019
Prosecutorial Power Used Too Often to Stop Prisoners From Getting Second Chance at Life by Chad Marks by Chad Marks Alexander Hamilton once described the reasons for the existence of clemency as those of humanity and good policy. Both clemency and parole reflect a commitment to the ancient value of …
Article • June 13, 2019
Legal limitations constrain Texas death penalty case by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Shortly after Adolph Hitler’s election as Germany’s chancellor; on the night of February 27, 1933; the Reichstag in Berlin, Germany, was allegedly burned by an arsonist. The next day, Hitler persuaded President Paul von Hindenburg to sign …
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