For a Respected Prosecutor, An Unpardonable Failure
by Joaquin Sapien ProPublica, June 4, 2014, 10:26 a.m. Leeper’s presentation won the day....
Read Moreby Joaquin Sapien ProPublica, June 4, 2014, 10:26 a.m. Leeper’s presentation won the day....
Read MoreProsecutors who are implicated in misconduct often seem immune from meaningful punishment.
Read MoreAnderson was the rarest of defendants, a prosecutor criminally charged for his role in having helped send an innocent man to prison.
Read MoreThe reporters also identified more than 50 instances in which state appellate courts had criticized the tactics of prosecutors but let convictions stand.
Read MorePart 2 of Who polices the prosecutors?
Read MoreA ProPublica analysis of more than a decade’s worth of state and federal court rulings found more than two dozen instances in which judges explicitly concluded that city prosecutors had committed harmful misconduct. In each instance, these abuses were sufficient to prompt courts to throw out convictions.
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