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ADA "threw" case to aid innocent defendant he was ordered to prosecute

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

NY Times today: Doubting Case, a Prosecutor Helped the Defense, about an ADA who spent two years re-investigating a murder case concluding that the defendant did not commit the crime. Because he was ordered to prosecute the case anyway, he admits to throwing the case in the interest of justice. But in a recent interview, [Daniel] Bibb made a startling admission: He threw the case. Unwilling to do what his bosses ordered, he said, he deliberately helped the other side win. He tracked down hard-to-find or reluctant witnesses who pointed to other suspects and prepared them to testify for the defense. He talked strategy with defense lawyers. And when they veered from his coaching, he cornered them in the hallway and corrected them. Now Mr. Bibb is a criminal defense attorney in Manhattan...continue to full post

Full post as published by Law Of Criminal Defense on June 23, 2008 (boomark / email).