prosecutorial misconduct

February 28, 2017 (Fault Lines) – There is one big truth in the American criminal justice system. Average Americans don’t care about justice because they aren’t criminals. You did the crime, you do the time. Wrongful...

February 27, 2017 (Fault Lines) – On April 21, 1997, a Loomis-Fargo armored-car driver, James Day, was shot in the back of the head outside a Memphis Walgreens where he’d just picked up a bag of...

January 13, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Listen, if you’re going to go to the trouble of stealing a stove, you should probably strap it firmly to your get-away vehicle. Cole Allen Wilkins hadn’t learned that lesson,...

November 3, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Surely it’s not just a Texas problem. Yet, Texas has, for years, struggled with the concept that prosecutors are to seek justice, not just convictions. Further, they are to disclose...

August 23, 2016 (Fault Lines) — As you may have noticed, there are not a lot of prosecutors around here. To the credit of the Fault Lines, someone like me, who is from the other side, is...

August 16, 2016 (Fault Lines) – Prosecutorial misconduct is always a fun subject. Who doesn’t like getting fired up about some evil government lawyer hiding evidence that sends an innocent man to jail for years? From...

May 9, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — With power and immunity comes responsibility, which is why we harp so much on the screwups in the system. We write about judges allowing misconduct in the courtroom, and judges...

May 3, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — A few weeks ago, a professor at Pepperdine University School of Law published a study taking a comprehensive look at prosecutorial misconduct. The article claims to present a viable solution...

Apr. 8, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — The United States Supreme Court has recently granted cert on an important issue: if your convictions are reversed because of prosecutorial misconduct, do your acquittals on a closely related offense...

Mar. 29, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — When a criminal defense lawyer fails to abide by the professional rules and norms, it’s often either celebrated as zealous advocacy or excused as poor trial strategy. On the other...