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US Justice Department issues new guidance to federal prosecutors on criminal discovery

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this official DOJ blog report, "the Deputy Attorney General issued three memoranda regarding criminal discovery practices including a memorandum to all prosecutors containing guidance regarding criminal discovery that prosecutors should follow to help assure that they meet discovery obligations in future cases."  And thanks to the same posting, everyone can now read the full memos with the click of a mouse: Issuance of Guidance and Summary of Actions Taken in Response to the Report of the Department of Justice Criminal Discovery and Case Management Working Group Requirement for Office Discovery Policies in Criminal Matters Guidance for Prosecutors Regarding Criminal Discovery Obviously, these memos do not directly concern sentencing issues, but they do cover important ground that impacts every federal criminal prosecution...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on January 04, 2010 (boomark / email).