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Article • December 8, 2016 • from PLN December, 2016
Pennsylvania: DA Apologizes for Undisclosed Gifts by Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams belatedly reported $160,050 in gifts from political and legal connections, raising conflict of interest concerns and prompting an August 19, 2016 apology from the prosecutor to his staff. In an email, Williams apologized for any “distractions” created by …
Tennessee District Attorney Ends Sterilization in Plea Bargains; Prosecutor Fired by David Reutter The District Attorney for Davidson County, Tennessee has banned the practice of seeking sterilization as part of plea bargains in criminal cases. The policy was implemented after an assistant prosecutor refused to discuss a plea unless a …
Wayward Prosecutors Go Unpunished as Prison Time for Victims Piles Up by by Brooke Williams & Shawn Musgrave Massachusetts prosecutors have violated defendants’ rights to a fair trial regularly and without punishment, even as wrongfully convicted victims of tainted prosecutions have spent years in prison before being freed, decades of …
Brief • November 3, 2016
Jeffryes v. Vance, NY, Petition and Complaint, Black Lives Matter Arrest, 2016 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NEW YORK -------------------------------------------------------------------------x In the matter of the Application of VERIFIED PETITION AND COMPLAINT ARMINTA JEFFRYES and CRISTINA WINSOR, Index No.: Petitioners, RJI No.: For a Judgment and …
Brief • October 7, 2016
Jeffryes v. Vance, NY, Memo in Support of Petition, Black Lives Matter Arrest, 2016 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NEW YORK -------------------------------------------------------------------------x In the matter of the Application of MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF PETITION ARMINTA JEFFRYES and CRISTINA WINSOR, Index No.: Petitioners, RJI …
Federal Death Penalty Case in Georgia Unravels, Triggering Investigation of Prosecutors by Derek Gilna A rare federal death penalty case in Georgia failed, costing taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars, and derailed the careers of two federal prosecutors, both of whom are no longer employed by the U.S. Attorney's Office …
Georgia Prosecutor Arrested for Political Ads; Had Previously Secured Indictment Against Judge by Northern Georgia Judicial Circuit District Attorney Parks White surrendered to the Hart County Sheriff’s Office to be booked and fingerprinted on June 20, 2016, before being released on a $1,000 signature bond. Senior Superior Court Judge Robert …
Criminal Defendants Shortchanged by Justice System that Favors Prosecutors by Derek Gilna Since the landmark Supreme Court case of Gideon v. Wainwright in 1963, criminal defendants who face incarceration have been guaranteed representation by an attorney if they cannot afford one. Gideon spurred most states and the federal government to …
America's Top Five Deadliest Prosecutors - How Overzealous Personalities Drive The Death Penalty, Fair Punishment Project, 2015 FAIR PUNISHMENT PROJECT AMERICA’S TOP FIVE DEADLIEST PROSECUTORS: How Overzealous Personalities Drive The Death Penalty JUNE 2016 Last year, a journalist asked Dale Cox, then the District Attorney of Caddo Parish, Louisiana, about …
Publication • 2016
St. Louis University School of Law - Importance of State Law in Police Reform, Goldman, 2016 No. 2016-11 Importance of State Law in Police Reform Roger Goldman Saint Louis University - School of Law May 17, 2016 Saint Louis University Law Journal, Vol. 60, No. 363, 2016 Electronic copy available …
Article • March 31, 2016
Holder Orders U.S. Attorneys Not to Use Appeal Waivers by Derek Gilna Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder followed up his announcement restricting the usage of 851’s to coerce plea bargains with an announcement directing, not suggesting, that all U.S. Attorneys refrain from asking for appeal and habeas waivers in …
Publication • January 1, 2016
Profit-Driven Prosecution and the Competitive Bidding Process, BYU Law, 2016 Profit-Driven Prosecution and the Competitive Bidding Process Maybell Romero J. Reuben Clark Law School 2016 J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University Research Paper No. 16-21 Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2820312 PROFIT-DRIVEN PROSECUTION AND THE COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS Maybell …
Article • October 13, 2015
Prosecutor PowerPoint: “Silence = Guilt” Vacates Oregon Murder Conviction by Prosecutor PowerPoint: “Silence = Guilt” Vacates Oregon Murder Conviction On October 15, 2014, the Oregon Court of Appeals vacated a murder conviction, holding that a prosecutor’s PowerPoint presentation impermissibly commented on a Defendant’s invocation of his right to remain silent. …
Report on Prosecutorial Coercion in Obtaining Drug Pleas by Derek Gilna Report on Prosecutorial Coercion in Obtaining Drug Pleas by Derek Gilna A report by Human Rights Watch highlighted what criminal law experts have known for years – that federal prosecutors have almost unlimited power in drug cases to coerce …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Filed under: Crime, Prosecutors
Two Names Added to Monument Memorializing Slain Prosecutors by Matthew Clarke Two Names Added to Monument Memorializing Slain Prosecutors by Matt Clarke Two more names will be added to the National Prosecutor Memorial in Columbia, South Carolina to mark the deaths of two Texas prosecutors, murdered within months of each …
Article • January 13, 2015
D.C. Area Federal Courts Reduce Staff because of Sequester Cuts by Derek Gilna D.C. Area Federal Courts Reduce Staff because of Sequester Cuts by Derek Gilna The sequester represents only a 3% across the board cut of federal spending, but it will have a noticeable impact on the operation of …
Florida Prosecutor Suspended for Ex Parte Contact with Judge During Murder Trial by Christopher Zoukis 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 …
Missouri Prisoner Exonerated in 1983 Prison Murder; Brady Violations Cited by Christopher Zoukis Missouri Prisoner Exonerated in 1983 Prison Murder; Brady Violations Cited by Christopher Zoukis Reginald “Reggie” Griffin, 53, was sentenced to death for the July 12, 1983 stabbing of James Bausley in a yard at the Moberly Correctional …
Prosecutorial Misconduct Results in New Trial in Connecticut Murder Case by Christopher Zoukis Prosecutorial Misconduct Results in New Trial in Connecticut Murder Case by Christopher Zoukis In a rare public rebuke of a prosecutor found to have engaged in a “deliberate pattern of misconduct,” the Connecticut Appellate Court vacated a …
Article • November 8, 2014 • from PLN November, 2014
Philadelphia Prosecutor Busted for Filing False Police Report Against Ex-Boyfriend by Christopher Zoukis Philadelphia Prosecutor Busted for Filing False Police Report Against Ex-Boyfriend by Christopher Zoukis Assistant District Attorney Lynn M. Nichols, 47, assigned to the homicide unit in Philadelphia, was arrested on October 4, 2013 for filing a false …
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