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Prosecutors Breaking Bad
Loaded on Nov. 8, 2014
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2014, page 24
Filed under:
Attorney Misconduct,
Prosecutors,
Wrongful Conviction,
Criminal Procedure.
Locations:
California,
District of Columbia,
Massachusetts,
Maine,
Michigan,
North Carolina,
New York,
Oklahoma,
Tennessee,
Texas,
West Virginia.
Prosecutors Breaking Bad
The following are various cases in which prosecutors have reportedly engaged in misconduct, ethical violations or criminal behavior, which evidence the need for effective solutions to the persistent problem of prosecutorial abuses.
California
In 2012, the California Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of Miguel Bacigalupo based ...
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