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Two Items on Brady Misconduct

By Steve Hall

Tony Mauro, Courtside at National Law Journal writes, "Clement lines up ex-prosecutors, seeks argument time in misconduct case."n an unusual move, a group of former Justice Department prosecutors and civil rights officials led by former solicitor general Paul Clement is asking the Supreme Court for time to argue on behalf of a criminal defendant in a case of prosecutorial misconduct that the justices will hear on October 6.It is rare, but not unheard of, for the Court to grant argument time to non-parties to a case, except for federal or state government entities.But Clement's group argues that it has "unique perspective" on the issues in the case of Connick v. Thompson, which asks whether cities can be held liable under 42 U...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on August 26, 2010 (boomark / email).