Category Archives: Prosecutorial Misconduct
Can A Prosecutor Be Fired for Refusing to Violate the Law?
In 2013, Eric Hillman was employed as an assistant district attorney in Nueces County, Texas. Mark Skurka was the duly elected district attorney for…
Matthew Whitaker: A Political Stooge, Possible Criminal, Legal Lightweight
The Judiciary Act of 1789 created the position of the Attorney General of the United States. The Organization, Mission and Functions Manual of the…
Man Convicted of Sex Crime, Exonerated After 17 Years in Prison Cannot Sue Prosecutor
Justice is sometimes blind to justice. Justice was indeed blind in the Brandon Lee Moon case. He served 17 years in prison as a…
Excessive Force by Police Results In PTSD
On August 28, 2018, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion in a police excessive force case that will not please the…
“Qualified Immunity Smacks of Unqualified Impunity”
Those words were written by Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Don R. Willett in an August 31, 2018 decision—Zadeh v. Robinson. In the…
Trial Judge’s Tolerance of Prosecutorial Misconduct Unacceptable
There are two safeguards against prosecutorial misconduct during a criminal trial: a good defense attorney and an impartial trial judge. Both failed Frederick Michael…
The Twin Peaks Shooting Cases Beg Questions About DA
Two and one-half years after the bloody shootout between rival biker gangs at the Twin Peaks Restaurant in Waco, Texas on May 17, 2015…
Prosecutorial Misconduct, Win at All Cost, Forget the Constitution
Some prosecutors, at both the state and federal level, find it almost irresistible to engage in misconduct when prosecuting child sexual abuse cases. Those…
Baltimore Police Officers Held Accountable for Misconduct, Despite AG Sessions
The Baltimore Police Department has a history of corruption. It routinely engages in the use of excessive force in violation of the Fourth Amendment,…
Bexar County DA Under Fire
The son a district court judge in San Antonio, Nicholas “Nico” LaHood set his eyes on the District Attorney’s Office not long after leaving…
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