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Rachel Cannon, AUSA, is an Unethical Prosecutor

Another day, another unethical federal prosecutor:A federal judge has found that a prosecutor in U.S. Atty. Patrick Fitzgerald's office committed prosecutorial misconduct by allowing a government witness to testify falsely in a drug conspiracy trial that resulted in the convictions of four defendants in March.Here is the factual basis for the misconduct:Under questioning from prosecutors, Williams testified that during late 2002 and early 2003, he witnessed Wilbourn packaging narcotics and talking about drug business with Freeman at a Granville Avenue apartment sometimes known as the "penthouse."But the government ultimately conceded that Wilbourn was behind bars from April 2002 until September 2005 and that Freeman did not even live in the Granville Avenue apartment in 2002...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on August 28, 2009 (boomark / email).