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The Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) has opened a review into whether special counsel Jack Smith’s team skirted any guidelines in carrying out their ...
In 1974 the Florida Legislature created the Florida Commission on Ethics "to serve as guardian of the standards of conduct" for state and local public officials. [4] [5] The commission is tasked with investigating complaints alleging breaches of public trust by public officers and employees in Florida, other than judges. [5]
During that period, judges have cited misconduct by prosecutors as a reason to dismiss charges, reverse convictions, or reduce sentences in 2,012 cases, according to a study by the Center for Public Integrity released in 2003; the researchers looked at 11,452 cases in which misconduct was alleged. [7] A debate persists over the meaning of the term.
1 Source: Department of Justice, U.S. Attorneys Offices. 2 Informed of dismissal January 2006. 3 Informed of dismissal June 2006. 4 Date resignation requested by the Department of Justice is unknown. 5 Subsequently submitted resignation on May 30, 2007, effective June 1, 2007. 6 Subsequently returned to positions at the Department of Justice in ...
The ruling comes one year after an 11th Circuit panel revived Warren’s case over his suspension as the Tampa-area state prosecutor. Florida asked the full appeals court to review the order, and ...
Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Carlos G. Muniz assembled a 14-member panel made up of attorneys and judges to study the merits of consolidating the judicial circuits.
The remaining complaints come from a variety of sources, including private attorneys, defendants and civil litigants, other federal agencies, state or local government officials, judicial and congressional referrals, and media reports. OPR gives expedited attention to judicial findings of misconduct.
The complaints had been referred to prosecutors by Florida’s Division of Public Assistance Fraud, which investigates people suspected of abusing programs that help families buy food and baby ...