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Justice in the Balance

By Steve Hall

That's the title of a major report on prosecutorial misconduct in USA Today.  The series front is here, and it contains a wealth of information and interactive features. A USA TODAY investigation documented 201 criminal cases across the nation in which federal judges found that prosecutors broke the rules. The abuses put innocent people in jail, set guilty people free. "Prosecutors' conduct can tip justice scales," is the primary article.  It's written by Brad Heath and Kevin McCoy.  Here's the beginning of this must-read: The jurors who helped put Nino Lyons in jail for three years had every reason to think that he was a drug trafficker, and, until July, no reason to doubt that justice had been done...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on September 23, 2010 (boomark / email).