Prosecutors

The Unchecked Charging Power of the Prosecutor

Radley Balko | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: George Zimmerman, Prosecutorial Discretion, Bennett Gershman, Trayvon Martin, Alan Dershowitz, Criminal Justice, Angela Corey, Prosecutors, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Crime News

The power prosecutors have to charge people with crimes is often overlooked.

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TEXAS INJUSTICE: 91 Cases Of Prosecutor Misconduct, No Discipline

Austin Chronicle | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Texas, Criminal Justice, Michael Morton, Criminal Justice System, Prosecutors, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Crime News

Although courts have confirmed that prosecutorial misconduct occurred in 91 Texas criminal cases between 2004 and 2008, not a single prosecutor among ...

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WATCH: '60 Minutes' Interview Exposes Power Of Prosecutors

The Huffington Post | Chris Gentilviso | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Michael Morton 60 Minutes, Michael Morton 60 Minutes Interview, Video, Crime, 60 Minutes, Michael Morton Release, Michael Morton, Prosecutors, Michael Morton Case, Crime News

Back in 1987, Michael Morton was convicted of murdering his wife. Upon being led to prison, he vowed that he was innocent, telling onlookers "I did no...

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Texas Court of Inquiry Into Prosecutorial Misconduct Is Big News

Andrea Lyon | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Due Process, Innocence, Innocence Project, Prosecutors, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Supreme Court, Justice, Crime News

A special investigation has been convened to decide whether a former prosecutor, who is now a judge, hid evidence in a trial in which a man was wrongly convicted of his wife's murder and sent to prison for almost 25 years.

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Sometimes the Other Person Has a Point

Andrea Lyon | Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: Political Discord, Dna, Criminal Justice, Innocent, Innocence, Prosecutors, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Prosecution, Armchair Detective, Crime News

It is hard to admit a mistake, but for heaven's sake, there has to be a better way to evaluate a case than fighting simply to save the conviction.

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John Edwards Lawyers Ask Judge To Throw Out Case

AP | MICHAEL BIESECKER | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: John Edwards Criminal Charges, John Edwards Lawyers, Constitutional Rights, Edwards Lawyers, Edwards Criminal Charges, John Edwards, John-Edwards, Prosecutors, Politics News

RALEIGH, N.C. — Lawyers for John Edwards asked a federal judge on Tuesday to throw out criminal charges against the former Democratic presidenti...

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Wall Street 'Bad Boy' Convicted Of Multi-Million Dollar Fraud

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Financial Fraud, Dodd-Frank Act, Conspicous Consumption, Wall Street, Wall Street Bad Boy, Ross Mandell, Investment Manager, Corporate Fraud, Financial Regulation, Con Men, Prosecutors, Business News

NEW YORK — A former investment manager known as Wall Street's "bad boy" was convicted Tuesday of defrauding U.S. and European investors of $140 ...

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DSK and TMI

Alafair Burke | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Cy Vance Jr., Dominique Strauss-Kahn Leaks, Dominique Strauss-Kahn Rape Charges, Prosecutors, Dsk, Denver District Attorney, New York News

The cocktail parties are still abuzz about DSK but fueled by different headlines. The case is "teetering." The defendant has been released. It has all made for a stunning turnaround. But we shouldn't know any of it.

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Prosecutors Begin Rebuttal In Casey Anthony Trial

AP | KYLE HIGHTOWER | Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Cindy Anthony, Rebuttal, John Camperlengo, Casey Anthony Trial, Casey Anthony Rebuttal, Belvin Perry, Caylee Anthony, Casey Anthony, Prosecutors, Crime News

ORLANDO, Fla. — Prosecutors in the Casey Anthony murder trial called witnesses Friday to bolster their contention that the woman's mother couldn...

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Every Child Deserves a Second Chance

Anthony Barkow | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Life Sentence, Murder, Supreme Court, Sentencing, Prison, Prosecutors, Graham v. Florida, Juvenile Justice, Politics News

As a society we can no longer afford to declare youth worthless and sentence them to die in prison without giving them an opportunity to have their sentence reviewed.

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Yes, Virginia, It Can Happen to You, Too

Andrea Lyon | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Criminal Justice, Prejudice, Criminal Justice System, Presumed Innocent, Prosecutors, Louis Bianchi Corruption, Louis Bianchi Trial, Louis Bianchi, Chicago News

uch of the public and nearly all of law enforcement have trouble imagining that the innocent get charged, let alone convicted. That feeling is something those of us who defend cases are all too familiar with.

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Prosecutors Get Money for Criminal Convictions Near Denver

Kenneth F. Eichner | Posted 05.28.2011

Read More: Arapahoe County, Colorado Criminal Defense Bar, Stan Garnett, Mitch Morrissey, Carol Chambers, Prosecutors, Mike Nifong, Denver News

Prosecutors have great power in our free society; overreaching and grandstanding are prevalent without bounty awards.

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Thank You, Governor Quinn

Andrea Lyon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Governor Quinn, Death Penalty, Illinois Death Penalty, Prosecutors, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Illinois Death Penalty Abolished, Death Penalty Debate, Chicago News

Gov. Quinn has asked us all to step away from vengeance, from error and heartache and instead to concentrate on preventing violence and assisting the victims of violence. We can do that, can't we?

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Making the Case Against Mortgage Banksters, Part Two: Financing Prosecution

Nicholas Carroll | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mortgage Fraud, Crime, Banksters, Prosecutors, Mortgage Crisis, Angelo Mozilo, State Attorneys General, Business News

The Federal government has now let former Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo go scot-free, paying less than 10% of his assets in fines, with no admission o...

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Michelle Alexander And Dr. Vincent Harding Visit Manual High School

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Youth Poverty, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Manual High School Closing, Veterans of Hope Project, Math Literacy Project, Dr. Vincent Harding, Five Points, Ra Maat, Michelle Alexander, Dps, Professor Michelle Alexander, Doug Linkhart, African American, Open Door Youth Gang Alternatives, Colorado, Joe Palma, Yez, Criminal Justice, Self-Awareness, Manual High School, Martin Luther King Jr., Racism, Mass Incarceration, Discrimination, Youth Justice, Justice, Criminal Justice Reform, Denver Public Schools, Prosecutors, Moritz College of Law, Committee for Criminal Justice Reform, Poverty, Ohio State University, The New Jim Crow, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Earth Force, Councilman, Black History Month, Ccjj, Legal System, Under-Funded Schools, Denver Impact, Slidepollajax, Video, Denver News

"How many of you know someone who has been killed in gang violence?" Denver teacher and self-awareness coach Ra Maat asks an auditorium half-filled wi...

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Football's Sex Offenders and Their Law Enforcement Defenders

Norm Stamper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: D.A., Nick Perry, Notre Dame, Football, Ken Armstrong, University of Washington, Seattle Police Department, Sexual Assault, Super Bowl, Sigma Chi, N. F. L., Huskies, Jerramy Stevens, Scoreboard Baby, Pop Warner, Detective Maryann Parker, Prosecutors, Politics News

Not to be a downer during this week of Super Bowl countdown revelry, but it is an opportune time to cast an even brighter spotlight on the open secret...

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Terry Gilmore And Jolene Blair Ousted Over Handling Of Tim Masters Case

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Troy Krenning, Fort Collins, Peggy Hettrick Murder, Tim Masters Case, Committee for Judicial Justice, Tim Masters, Judge Terry Gilmore, Eighth Judicial Court, Judge Jolene Blair, Prosecutors, Denver News

Voters on Tuesday swept judges Terry Gilmore and Jolene Blair from the bench, pouring out their anger over the two former prosecutors' handling of the...

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Transforming Lives on This Side of the GTMO Wire

Peter Jan Honigsberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islam, Uyghur, Prison Guard, Cia, Jag, Transformation, Guantanamo, Muslim, Priest, Prosecutors, Torture, Detainees, World News

Much has been written on the lives of detainees in Guantanamo post September 11, 2001. But relatively little has been written about the lives of Ame...

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Cops For and Against the Drug War

Norm Stamper | Posted 05.25.2011

From uniformed beat cops to homicide dicks to sheriffs more and more of the nation's police officers are coming to realize that our 40-year drug war is an unmitigated failure.

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New Facts Call Into Question DOJ Investigations Past and Present

Andrew Kreig | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Prosecutors, Iglesias, Obama, Purge, Holder, Bush, Siegelman, Gonzales, Durham, u.s. Attorneys, Justice, Torture, Rove, Loyal Bushies, Spadoni, Dannehy, Grimes, Corruption, Political Corruption, Politics News

A question reporters and the public need to pursue is whether a culture of error and cover-up prevailed in the Department of Justice under Bush and continues under President Obama.

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Arizona Immigration Law Passes: SB 1070 Directs Cops To Determine Immigration Status

LA Times | Nicholas Riccardi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: House, Immigration Reform, Senate, Police, Border, Illegal Immigration, Mexico, Immigration, Police Unions, Arizona, Sb 1070, Prosecutors, Cops, Immigration Law, Politics News

Arizona lawmakers on Tuesday approved what foes and supporters agree is the toughest measure in the country against illegal immigrants, directing loca...

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Jailhouse Snitches Sabotage Justice with Unreliable Evidence

John Terzano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Orleans, The Justice Project, Criminal Justice, Pretrial Disclosure, Jailhouse Snitch, Jailhouse Informants, Prosecutors, Politics News

Jailhouse "snitch" and informant witnesses often provide incriminating testimony during criminal proceedings in exchange for reduced sentences or other benefits

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Hutaree Militia Planned To Kill Cop And Bomb Funeral, Prosecutors Say

AP | COREY WILLIAMS and DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion, Court, Christian Extremism, Militia Groups, Police, Terrorism, Hutaree Militia, Fbi, Christian Extremists, Domestic Terrorism, Cop, Adrian, Michigan, Prosecutors, Christianity, Religion News

DETROIT — Nine alleged members of a Christian militia group that was girding for battle with the Antichrist were charged Monday with plotting to...

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Model Conduct

Adam W. Goldberg and Joshua P. Galper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Prosecutorial Accountability, Big Ben, Ben Roethlisberger Georgia, Ben Roethlisberger, Fred Bright, Ben Roethlisberger Investigation, Prosecutors, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Sports Crime, Sports News

While we don't know the facts about Ben Roethlisberger's case, we do know that the lead prosecutor investigating it seems to be taking his public duty seriously. We tip our hats to Fred Bright.

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Failing to Punish Prosecutorial Misconduct Only Invites More

John Terzano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Department of Justice, Prosecutors, Blackwater, Prosecutorial-Accountability, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Politics News

The prosecutorial misconduct in the Blackwater case goes to the heart of a nationwide problem. In the face of enormous pressure to obtain convictions, prosecutors at the state and federal level all too often abuse their power.

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