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I'M GONNA REPORT YOU TO THE BOARD OF BAR OVERSEEERS

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

Monday it was sentencing ....today it's discovery Federal style.   Plus, State PD takes the oath. See below. "I'm gonna report you to the Board of Bar Overseers...  "That was a line from one of our favourite movies: The Verdict, staring Paul Newman. The Judge played by actor Miles O'Shea yells that line at Newman after their first go around in court during the trial. United States District Judge Mark Wolf has used that line, at least twice now, against Federal Prosecutors in Boston for failing to disclose favourable evidence in a  criminal trial to the defense. The Title of the post links to the Boston dot com article. Thanks to the Broward Blog for first posting this article. Rumpole rants: Time and time again US Attorneys around the nation are being caught withholding exculpatory evidence...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on January 28, 2009 (boomark / email).