Prosecutorial Misconduct
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Courts
That Ass Is Criminal! No, Seriously. This Prosecutor Tried Getting Nudie Pics From A Defendant.
For anyone looking to come to this guy's aid, having a killer rack is not a valid excuse for prosecutorial misconduct. -
Courts
Not Deterred By Getting A Criminal Defendant Pregnant Or Sleeping With A Juror, Prosecutor Is Running For Judge
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Crime
From The Archives: Fighting For The Innocent
A chat with the director of the Ohio Innocence Project.
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Crime
Golf Digest Just Overturned A Murder Conviction Which Should Embarrass The Justice System
We'll let this one pass, but when Cat Fancy clears Leonard Peltier we need to have a serious talk. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.21.18
* Michael Cohen is talking to John Dean because 2018 is the new 1973. [WTOP]
* Shocking no one, John Dowd doesn’t understand basic laws. [Washington Post]
* Andrew Cuomo signed a bill cracking down on bad prosecutors. He’s been in office for 7 years but he finally got around to this because Cynthia Nixon said something about criminal justice reform. [Law360]
* UNC students toppled a confederate statute because the school wasn’t doing anything about it. [Huffington Post]
* Will elite Biglaw firms suffer from mid-tier competition? Probably not, but maybe. [American Lawyer]
* Microsoft identifies more Russian hacking efforts because Microsoft is our default government now. [Courthouse News Service]
* Georgia is trying to kill kids. [AJC]
* FIFA fired its lawyer so if you want a job facilitating international graft on an epic scale, here’s your chance. [NY Times]
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White-Collar Crime
What We Have Here Is A Failure To Imaginate: On Prosecutors And Secret Witness Agreements
Prosecutors need to revisit the scope of their obligations. -
Courts
Above The Law Goes To The Supreme Court
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Crime
Pardon Me! The Dinesh D'Souza Story
Trump says D'Souza's prosecution was unfair. He's wrong and pretending it was is a disservice to people railroaded by the system every day. -
White-Collar Crime
In Praise of Leakers: An Ode To The Mueller Investigation
Remember, targets aren’t really “people.” -
Attorney Misconduct, Texas
The Problem With An Out Of Control District Attorney
What is this district attorney capable of? -
White-Collar Crime
Pretty Girls And Prosecutorial Misconduct
How can anyone expect prosecutorial fairness in a culture like this? -
Crime, Politics
Bridgegate Mastermind Skips Prison, Free To Cause Traffic Problems All Over Jersey
The trickster gods always end up walking away.
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Legal Ethics
Prosecutors Issuing 'Fake Subpoenas' Because They're Awful People
Throwing a threat on something doesn't make it real. -
State Judges
Texas Judge Testifies Against District Attorney Over Threats Allegedly Made In Her Chambers
The judge has taken the stand to back up the defense attorneys' version of events. -
Legal Ethics
Prosecutor In Hot Water For Using A Wiretap To Spy On A Love Interest
Love triangle gone very wrong. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 07.21.16
* Despite some big-ticket cases, the Supreme Court still leans right. [Empirical SCOTUS]
* The Kafka-esque treatment of a mentally ill rape victim, who was locked up over the Christmas holiday to make sure she’d testify, will infuriate you. [Mimesis Law]
* Cory Booker is still in the VP race, and he’s pissed about what he sees at the RNC: “It’s as if truth means nothing,” and the GOP is a “counter-factual party.” [Washington Post]
* Chris Christie “turned over his political testicles long ago.” Sounds about right. [Huffington Post]
* Is Ted Cruz’s political snub better than a legal remedy? [Law and More]
* Should India consider taking up Russia’s offer to build a nuclear aircraft carrier? [Lawyers, Guns & Money]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 07.06.16
* Magic Circle firm, Clifford Chance, is the latest to employ robot lawyers. The end is nigh. [Legal Cheek] * In the latest episode of the More Perfect podcast they examine the cases that gave the Supreme Court the biggest power boost. [WNYC] * Jesse Jackson calls the killing of Alton Sterling by police a […]
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Crime
Have Prosecutors Stolen Defense Work Product For Years?
A potentially egregious abuse of the criminal justice system. -
Television
We Talk With Dean Strang Of 'Making A Murderer'
The Thinking Like A Lawyer podcast chats with Making A Murderer's Dean Strang.