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WA: "I don?t see a lot of accountability for case mismanagement"

They pull stuff like this all the time, but how often do they get spanked for it? From the Spokesman-Review:?Careless handling? draws ire of judge - Prosecutor?s office fined for late change to chargesThe Spokane County prosecutor?s office was sanctioned Monday and fined $8,000 by a judge angry over mishandling of a critical detail surrounding a home-invasion case that could send several men to prison for the rest of their lives.At issue was a last-minute change Monday by Deputy Prosecutor Eugene Cruz, who altered the date ? from April 15 to April 17 ? that the robbery and attempted first-degree murder occurred on, effectively gutting defense preparations for the trial...(C)hanging something as critical as the date of the crime, on the morning the trial was set to begin, was too much, Spokane County Superior Court Judge Tari Eitzen said...continue to full post

Full post as published by Arbitrary and Capricious on January 13, 2009 (boomark / email).