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Brenda Morris Commits More Prosecutorial Misconduct in Stevens Trial

Last week it was reported that prosecutor Brenda Morris, in violation of law, withheld exculpatory evidence from the defense.  She has continued behaving lawlessly: Judge Emmet Sullivan threw out two big pieces of evidence in the Justice Department's prosecution of Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) after it was disclosed that prosecutors failed to provide defense attorneys with all the information they needed to put on their case. Stevens' attorneys are also expected to offer a motion for acquittal on Thursday, once the government finishes putting on its case for conviction. Stevens' defense team has repeatedly sought to have the case dismissed or a mistrial declared due to alleged prosecutorial misconduct. Judge Sullivan is throwing out a portion of the business records from Veco Corp...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on October 09, 2008 (boomark / email).