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By ambimb

In Santa Clara County, CA, the district attorney is systematically removing one judge from all criminal cases in retaliation for the judge’s decision to dismiss a prosecution because the judge found that the prosecutor had lied and concealed exculpatory evidence. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) says the new “backscatter” scanners the TSA wants to put in most airports would not have prevented the attempted Christmas Day “bombing.” (Ok, so no direct connection to indigent defense, but definitely relevant to all of us concerned with civil liberties and constitutional rights. You know, the whole idea of an “expectation of privacy” relies on us, collectively, asserting our expectations rather than letting the government constantly reduce and erode them...continue to full post

Full post as published by Public Defender Stuff on March 22, 2010 (boomark / email).