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Florida Prosecutor Suspended for Ex Parte Contact with Judge During Murder Trial
Loaded on Nov. 8, 2014
by Christopher Zoukis
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2014, page 54
Filed under:
Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct,
Attorney Misconduct,
Prosecutors,
Wrongful Conviction,
Death Penalty/Death Row.
Location:
Missouri.
Florida Prosecutor Suspended for Ex Parte Contact with Judge During Murder Trial
by Christopher Zoukis
A Florida prosecutor who engaged in text messages, cell phone calls and dinner dates with the judge presiding over a capital murder trial has been suspended for two years by the Florida …
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