Category Archives: Prosecutorial Misconduct
Texas Continuous to Grapple with Prosecutorial Misconduct
In 2013, the Texas Legislature enacted the Michael Morton Act. The Act, which became effective January 1, 2014, requires Texas prosecutors to open their…
Police Misconduct Sends Innocent Man to Prison for 20 Years
THE POLICE AND FABRICATION OF EVIDENCE The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the police from fabricating evidence ; that the courts…
What Is a Brady Violation?
The landmark decision Brady v. Maryland was handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1963. The decision held that, under the Fifth and…
Justice for Todd Willingham Haunts Unethical Prosecutor
The wheels of justice turn inexorably slow, but they do turn. The day of justice reckoning has arrived for John Jackson, a former district…
A Portrait of Race-Based Police Brutality
A Portrait of Race Based Police Brutality There are cops – some good, some bad. Then there are some cops who are so roguish,…
Some Prosecutors Cannot Function Without Misconduct
In 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court in Giglio v. United States informed prosecutors that they had a constitutional duty to disclose to criminal defendants…
FBI Director James Comey Should Resign
U.S. Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz announced recently that he will conduct an ethics investigation into the handling of Hillary Clinton’s email investigation…
Harris County Prosecutors Still Cheating to Secure Wrongful Convictions
As we have discussed before, the Harris County District Attorney’s Office has a long history of rogue prosecutors who engaged in all sorts of…
The Search for Justice in the Criminal Trial Process Often Obscured by Official Misconduct
Prosecutorial, police and expert witness misconduct are a blight on the nation’s adversarial criminal trial process. The ideal purpose of a criminal trial should…
Another Brady Violation: Rape Conviction Overturned After Prosecutor Intentionally Withholds Psychiatrict Report
The National Registry of Exonerations has recorded 1855 exonerations to date. Roughly 15 percent of them involved false sexual assault cases. DNA exonerations in…
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