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2 Dec 2011, 1:46 pm
A prosecutor should know that field sobriety tests (FSTs) are completely voluntary in Washington State. [read post]
19 Jan 2022, 5:32 pm by Benjamin Herbst
  Federal prosecutors pointed out that the prosecutor did not experience financial hardship, and that her salary as State’s Attorney actually increased during the pandemic. [read post]
26 Feb 2009, 12:52 pm
The Michigan Attorney Grievance Administrator has filed a formal complaint alleging that the chief prosecutor for the Wayne County major drug unit offered knowingly false testimony throughout a criminal matter by concealing the informant status of a crucial state witness.... [read post]
19 Aug 2007, 8:52 am
The Illinois ARDC recently filed ethics charges against a former Assistant State's Attorney for Coles County. [read post]
28 Jun 2022, 12:22 pm by Madeleine O'Neill
The motion to dismiss takes aim at the Office of the Maryland State Prosecutor, which has ... [read post]
8 Mar 2024, 4:30 am by Lawrence Solum
Leveraging the leading and recently-released prosecutor election and campaign contributions data sets for the most recent prosecutor elections across the United States between 2012-2019, findings from this study identify a robust set of core factors that systematically distinguish unopposed candidates as well as their uncontested elections. [read post]
12 Jun 2019, 1:25 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Check it periodically for cases in your state that may have flown under the radar.Setting expectations re: "progressive prosecutors"Lately, we have seen prosecutors elected as "progressives" in America for the first time in nearly a century. [read post]
9 Jan 2023, 12:15 pm by Amy Howe
The post Justices revive Texas man’s bid to throw out conviction that state prosecutors no longer defend appeared first on SCOTUSblog. [read post]
12 Dec 2017, 8:30 am
A first-of-its-kind poll conducted by the ACLU’s Campaign for Smart Justice shows that voters of every persuasion across the United State — in red states and in blue state alike — strongly prefer elected prosecutors who are committed to reducing incarceration, tackling racial disparities, and being transparent. [read post]
17 Mar 2017, 4:22 am by SHG
Two very strong, very sincere lines of thought were developing: United States Attorneys serve at the pleasure of the president United States Attorneys are independent, apolitical prosecutors How does that work, Leon asked? [read post]
19 Nov 2015, 2:35 pm by CJLF Staff
  In many states (e.g., California and Kentucky), but not all (e.g., Louisiana and Pennsylvania), local prosecutors do not represent the prosecution when the case is appealed to an appellate court or litigated in federal court under the federal habeas corpus statute because under the law in those states the state attorney general's office is responsible for that litigation. [read post]
16 Dec 2021, 5:04 am by Jonathan Holbrook
Michigan’s Rules 3.6 and 3.8 are fairly similar to North Carolina’s rules, but not identical, so the purpose of this post is not to speculate on whether the prosecutor’s conduct was a violation in her state. [read post]
31 Jul 2022, 3:00 pm by Mary Chastain
"This Administration is more concerned with political narratives and agendas than with victims and prosecuting violent crime,” The post Chicago Prosecutor Excoriates Soros-Backed State Attorney Kim Foxx in Resignation Letter first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion. [read post]
10 Apr 2019, 7:21 pm by Human Rights at Home Blog
International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda is banned from the United States. [read post]
26 Jan 2015, 3:33 am by SHG
By way of explanation for his view that the prosecutors who appear in federal court in general, and in his courtroom in particular, are pristine and above reproach, Judge Richard Kopf offered his experiences. * After 28 years as a federal magistrate judge and district judge, I have witnessed countless examples of Nebraska federal prosecutors playing it entirely straight up and doing so when they could have stood silent and no one would have been the wiser. * While I do not want to… [read post]
17 Apr 2019, 9:22 am
In 2016, Central Florida elected Aramis Ayala as Florida’s first African-American State Attorney. [read post]
30 Jan 2009, 12:44 pm
How many more cases do we need to see where prosecutors withhold exculpatory evidence from the defense before the state bar, the courts or the Legislature act to sanction them? [read post]
15 Jan 2014, 12:38 am by John Steele
Excerpt: When a prosecutor bows out of a case because of a potential conflict, should he have to publicly disclose his reasons? [read post]