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KEEPING IT OUT OF THE SUPREME COURT: ?Yesterday a settlement ended Pottawattamie County v. McGhee, ?

By Glenn Reynolds

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KEEPING IT OUT OF THE SUPREME COURT: “Yesterday a settlement ended Pottawattamie County v. McGhee, a Supreme Court case that raised the question of when prosecutors can be held personally liable for misconduct they commit while accumulating evidence against a defendant. Terry Harrington and Curtis W. McGhee, who served 25 years for the 1978 murder of a retired police officer before being released, sued Dave Richter and Joseph Hrvol, the Pottawattamie County, Iowa, prosecutors who sent them to prison, accusing them of fabricating evidence, coercing witnesses, and hiding exculpatory evidence.”


Full post as published by Instapundit.com on January 06, 2010 (boomark / email).

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