SDNY Judge Refers Prosecutors for Internal Investigation for Brady Violations
Fifth Amendment, In the News, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Top News
|A case involving egregious prosecutor misconduct finally ended with a written opinion by the trial judge referring the prosecutors for investigation by the DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility. The Government had failed to disclose an exculpatory document until the middle of trial, where it produced a document dump and did not inform the defense of the new evidence, and emails between prosecutors showed they planned to “bury it” and lied to the court.