Prosecutors Lose Drug Conviction After Appeals Court Reminds Them They Can’t Ignore The Presumption Of Innocence
2 June 2022
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2 June 2022
There are several things prosecutors can’t do when handling criminal trials. They still do them, of course. They suborn perjury. They deny defendants access to exculpatory evidence. They present junk science as actual science. And, every so often, they ignore the presumption of evidence that’s supposed to be the foundation of the American justice system. A criminal case [PDF] (mis)handled by the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has just cost federal prosecutors their drug conviction. It starts, as so many drug cases do, with a pretextual traffic stop. Troopers from the Kansas Highway Patrol stopped two vehicles, claiming one was ...
Prosecutors Lose Drug Conviction After Appeals Court Reminds Them They Can’t Ignore The Presumption Of Innocence
There are several things prosecutors can’t do when handling criminal trials. They still do them, of course. They suborn perjury. They deny defendants access to exculpatory evidence. They pres…
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