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Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that under the Due Process Clause of the Constitution of the United States, the prosecution must turn over to a criminal defendant any significant evidence in its possession that suggests the defendant is not guilty (exculpatory evidence).
United States, Brennan felt that government representatives should be held to a higher standard of behavior, rather than allowing them to engage in invited replies to defense misconduct via further prosecutorial misconduct. [1]
Pages in category "Prosecutorial misconduct" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Jan. 25—CONCORD — A federal judge in New Hampshire has dismissed one criminal case, and a high-profile white-collar case hangs in the balance over questions about misconduct by a top federal ...
Long string of misconduct accusations. In 2000, Morehead used 10 of 12 peremptory strikes to prevent Black people from serving on the jury in a state murder case. The 10th Circuit later found that ...
In jurisprudence, prosecutorial misconduct or prosecutorial overreach is "an illegal act or failing to act, on the part of a prosecutor, especially an attempt to sway the jury to wrongly convict a defendant or to impose a harsher than appropriate punishment." [1] It is similar to selective prosecution. Prosecutors are bound by a set of rules ...
The case is at least the second this year in which the Cook County state’s attorney’s office dropped charges against defendants amid allegations of prosecutorial misconduct.
Prosecutorial misconduct while prosecuting the Duke lacrosse case. [89] Richard Nixon: New York: August 9, 1976 — Obstruction of justice related to Watergate. [90] Joseph C. Pelletier: Massachusetts: May 8, 1922 — Removed from the office of Suffolk County, Massachusetts District Attorney for using his office to aid in blackmail and ...