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AK: A Ninth Circuit Warning to Prosecutors Angling to Interfere with a Defendant’s Right to Counsel

AK: A Ninth Circuit Warning to Prosecutors Angling to Interfere with a Defendant’s Right to Counsel

by Bert | Dec 22, 2017 | Alaska

Earlier this week, a Ninth Circuit panel released an interesting opinion that shines light on a rarely-discussed form of prosecutorial misbehavior: interference with a defendant’s right to counsel. The federal murder trial of James Wells took place in the District of...
HuffPo on Judge’s Decision to Vacate Suspensions of Two U.S. Attorneys for “Flagrant Misconduct”

HuffPo on Judge’s Decision to Vacate Suspensions of Two U.S. Attorneys for “Flagrant Misconduct”

by OpenFile | Apr 19, 2013 | Alaska, The Open File Blog

On April 9, Prof. Bennett Gershman wrote a piece for the Huffington Post about the decision of an administrative judge to reverse the suspensions of two federal prosecutors for what he calls “flagrant misconduct” in their prosecution of the late Alaskan...

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