Category Archives: Prosecutorial Misconduct
“Qualified Immunity Smacks of Unqualified Impunity”
Those words were written by Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Don R. Willett in an August 31, 2018 decision—Zadeh v. Robinson. In the…
Trial Judge’s Tolerance of Prosecutorial Misconduct Unacceptable
There are two safeguards against prosecutorial misconduct during a criminal trial: a good defense attorney and an impartial trial judge. Both failed Frederick Michael…
The Twin Peaks Shooting Cases Beg Questions About DA
Two and one-half years after the bloody shootout between rival biker gangs at the Twin Peaks Restaurant in Waco, Texas on May 17, 2015…
Prosecutorial Misconduct, Win at All Cost, Forget the Constitution
Some prosecutors, at both the state and federal level, find it almost irresistible to engage in misconduct when prosecuting child sexual abuse cases. Those…
Baltimore Police Officers Held Accountable for Misconduct, Despite AG Sessions
The Baltimore Police Department has a history of corruption. It routinely engages in the use of excessive force in violation of the Fourth Amendment,…
Bexar County DA Under Fire
The son a district court judge in San Antonio, Nicholas “Nico” LaHood set his eyes on the District Attorney’s Office not long after leaving…
Prosecutorial Misconduct: A Continuing Blight on The Criminal Trial Process
Emily Bazelon is a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine and is the Truman Capote Fellow for Creative Writing and Law at…
What Happens When Prosecutors Don’t Get It Right
As of July 3, 2017, the National Registry of Exonerations (“Registry”) reports there have been 2,056 exonerations of criminal defendants in this country since…
Prosecutorial Misconduct: Prosecutors Continue to Cheat
On June 26, 2017, the Boston Globe carried a report about a Springfield, Massachusetts judge who vacated several drug convictions because of misconduct by…
Supreme Court Rules Brady Offers Little Relief to The Guilty
In 1963, the U.S. Supreme Court in Brady v. Maryland held that criminal prosecutors must disclose evidence favorable to a defendant, upon his or…
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