Category Archives: Prosecutorial Misconduct

U.S. Attorney’s “Blue Book” Off Limits to Criminal Defense Lawyers

Rules 16 and 26.2 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, the Jencks Act (18 U.S.C. §3500), Brady v. Maryland, and Giglio v. United…

Williamson County Just Can’t Get Enough Prosecutorial Misconduct

Some diseases are incurable. People recognize that harsh reality. The Williamson County District Attorney’s Office is apparently suffering from a potentially incurable affliction: prosecutorial…

Justice Department Should Investigate Bad Prosecutors

The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) monitors lawless local police departments and state prisons across the country – and there are plenty of them in…

DA Exposed for Picking All-White Juries in Wharton County

Keeping African Americans off juries in criminal case is not a new phenomenon. In fact, currently pending before the U.S. Supreme Court is the case of…

Prosecutorial Misconduct in Death Penalty Case Causes Supreme Court to Reverse Case Without Briefs or Argument

It was a good decision, that is, for Michael Wearry. The U.S. Supreme Court on March 7, 2016 reversed the Louisiana death row inmate’s conviction. The…

Why Did Discredited Texas DA Chose Palau to Practice his Brand of Law

In 2011, DNA results completely exonerated Michael Morton as the killer of his wife. Morton had spent nearly 25 years in the Texas prison…

Yet Another Corpus Christi, Nueces County Prosecutorial Misconduct Case

What’s going on with the D.A. Mark Skurka’s Office in Corpus Christi? The Corpus Christi District Attorney’s Office has a serious problem with prosecutorial…

Prosecutor’s Disbarment for Wrongful Conviction of Anthony Graves Upheld

In 1994, former Burleson County District Attorney Charles Sebesta prosecuted former prison guard Robert Carter and Anthony Graves for the murder of a Somerville…

More Prosecutorial Misconduct: Murder Conviction, 40 Year Sentence, Reversed after Court Finds Intentional Suppression of Favorable Evidence by Nueces County DA’s Office

Corpus Christi, Nueces County has a problem with their District Attorney’s Office. Over the last couple years the Texas State Bar has sent an…

Fraud Case Draws Attention to Prosecutors’ Failure to Disclose Favorable Evidence

Most people have not heard of the former Toronto broker George Georgiou who was convicted in February 2010 on one count of conspiracy, four…

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