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originally posted by: AndyFromMichigan
Prosecutors withholding exculpatory evidence is probably the most common form of misconduct. Convictions get thrown out because of this all the time.
Weissmann, as deputy and later director of the Enron Task Force, destroyed the venerable accounting firm of Arthur Andersen LLP and its 85,000 jobs worldwide — only to be reversed several years later by a unanimous Supreme Court.
“Therein is the most dangerous power of the prosecutor: that he will pick people that he thinks he should get, rather than pick cases that need to be prosecuted.”
originally posted by: shooterbrody
originally posted by: AndyFromMichigan
Prosecutors withholding exculpatory evidence is probably the most common form of misconduct. Convictions get thrown out because of this all the time.
Weismann hasn't had this happen before , has he?
thehill.com...
Weissmann, as deputy and later director of the Enron Task Force, destroyed the venerable accounting firm of Arthur Andersen LLP and its 85,000 jobs worldwide — only to be reversed several years later by a unanimous Supreme Court.
“Therein is the most dangerous power of the prosecutor: that he will pick people that he thinks he should get, rather than pick cases that need to be prosecuted.”