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"Misconduct cases taint justice in Iowa"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this new article in the Des Moines Register, which provides a local follow-up to the blockbuster report on federal prosecutorial misconduct published yesterday in USA Today (discussed here).  Here are excerpts from this new piece: Prosecutorial misconduct by U.S. attorneys in Iowa has triggered serious consequences in felony cases involving drug distribution, bank robbery and other major crimes, resulting in reduced sentences, costly new trials and an acquittal, court records show. Judges say it's unusual for the missteps of U.S. attorneys in the state to be serious enough to overshadow the often powerful evidence against defendants in federal cases or to warrant relief for defendants. But it does happen...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on September 24, 2010 (boomark / email).