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Top Federal Death Penalty Lawyer Demoted, Reassigned
Loaded on Sept. 3, 2018
by Christopher Zoukis
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2018, page 28
Filed under:
Staff-Staff Harassment,
Supervisor-Staff Harassment,
Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct,
Death Penalty.
Location:
United States of America.
by Christopher Zoukis
Kevin Carwile, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) attorney in charge of the agency’s death penalty prosecution unit, has been demoted over allegations that he fostered a “sexualized environment” in his workplace.
The New York Times reported on the accusations against Carwile on March 31, 2018 in ...
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