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January 13, 2006

NC State Bar: Prosecutors Committed Felonies

I
wrote a few days ago about allegations of egregious prosecutorial misconduct in a murder case that were in the process of being dismissed by North Carolina's attorney disciplinary system because they were untimely filed.

A glimmer of hope in the case: the State Bar is challenging the dismissal, contending that the two prosecutors (one of whom is now a state trial judge!) committed felonies by lying to the court about the deals that had been struck with their key witness.

Bravo to the state bar.

Posted by Eric at January 13, 2006 10:14 AM

Comments

When I look at this in light of the Hoke/Graves fiasco, I get the feeling that the State Bar has an institutional bias in favor of prosecutors and is incapable of dealing with cases of prosecutorial misconduct.

Posted by: Bryan Gates at January 13, 2006 12:34 PM