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What sanctions for prosecutors who cheat to win?

How many more cases do we need to see where prosecutors withhold exculpatory evidence from the defense before the state bar, the courts or the Legislature act to sanction them?Former death row inmate Michael Toney has been moved to the Tarrant County jail after his conviction was overturned last month because of Brady violations where Tarrant prosecutors failed to turn over exculpatory evidence to the defense before Toney's trial 23 years ago, reports the Fort Worth Star Telegram ("Inmate moved from death row to Tarrant County Jail," Jan. 30):Toney was convicted of capital murder for the 1985 Thanksgiving bombing that killed Angela Blount, 15; her father, Joe Blount, 44; and her cousin, Michael Columbus, 18.An appeals court overturned his conviction in December after the Tarrant County District Attorney?s office acknowledged that at least 14 documents favorable to his defense were withheld by prosecutors during his trial...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on January 30, 2009 (boomark / email).