by OpenFile | Dec 18, 2018 | National
A run of recent developments and news commentary this week underscores the powerful role that line prosecutors play in perpetuating a culture that favors abuses of power, overreach and misconduct in local DA offices. A recent article in The American Conservative...
by Bert | Oct 26, 2017 | Florida
Today, we take a brief look at a capital conviction in Florida that raises eyebrows. It is no secret to regular readers that death sentences often represent the prized result of prosecutions infected by State misconduct. In case after case after case after case from...
by Bert | Feb 21, 2017 | Florida
On July 31, 2015, Assistant State Attorney David Fear won a criminal conviction against Marco Rodriguez for lewd or lascivious molestation. On February 10, 2017, a Florida appeals court found that the prosecutorial victory came at the expense of basic fairness. In...
by OpenFile | Sep 12, 2016 | Florida
The defeat of incumbent Angela Corey for the seat of State Attorney of Florida’s Fourth Judicial Circuit by challenger Melissa Nelson in the Republican primary is the latest upset in a growing trend of oustings of “law-and-order” incumbents in district attorney...
by Bert | Aug 19, 2016 | Florida
A recent high-visibility piece in the Nation questions whether Florida’s Fourth District State Attorney Angela Corey is fit for her role—one for which she is seeking re-election. The article establishes that her jurisdiction “embodies the outdated ideas that have...
