Tag Archives: prosecutorial misconduct
This week, former Wake County prosecutor, Colleen Janssen learned the outcome of the disciplinary hearing to review the level of her misconduct in a criminal case. Though she deliberately withheld critical evidence from the defense and manipulated others to go along with her scheme to hide exculpatory evidence, she did not even lose her law…
March 23, 2017 in prosecutorial misconduct.
When the Government Abuses Its Power to Win Convictions
Exonerations are at an all time high as more wrongful conviction cases continue to surface. While some are due to mistakes, an overwhelming number of them involve abuses of power — fraud and corruption — coerced witnesses, jailhouse snitches, junk science, fabricated evidence, perjury, prosecutorial misconduct and unfair judges. In two Wake County, North Carolina…
September 17, 2016 in prosecutorial misconduct.
Undoubtedly the most important evidence in the investigation was the human remains found in the fire pit behind Steven Avery's trailer. There's an expectation that the evidence would be handled with the utmost respect and care, but that was not the case. The timing and circumstances surrounding the discovery of the evidence is odd. Special…
January 7, 2016 in botched investigation.
Russ Faria Trial – Defense Presents Evidence of Computer Tampering!
Wow! I honestly can't believe how easily the defense was permitted to present evidence that information was planted on the defendant's computer. In a controversial case in Missouri, Russ Faria is being tried a second time for the murder of his wife, Betsy Faria. Faria was convicted in November, 2013 and sentenced to life in…
November 6, 2015 in Computer evidence.
I've been thinking about what Ann Peterson said during oral arguments, how the defense was thwarted again and again at trial and how no one seemed interested in getting to the Truth. I thought it might be interesting to create a list of all the obstacles faced along the way, beginning long before the trial…
April 21, 2013 in Brad Cooper Trial, Judicial misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct.
Brad Cooper trial: important "blacked out" testimony about Bella seeing her mother
I previously covered the fact that Judge Gessner refused to allow any information about comments made by Bella Cooper that morning. I've now had a chance to review a few parts of the trial transcript that were blacked out and I want to highlight the magnitude of the exclusion of this information because it had…
April 3, 2012 in Brad Cooper Trial.
More about the case and the Google search
For those who didn't follow the trial, it is important to understand that the alleged Google map search is the only evidence worth discussing, which is why I'm spending so much time writing about it. There was no DNA, fibers, fingerprints, muddy shoes, tire tracks or eyewitnesses. There was only the Google map search, which…
July 25, 2011 in police misconduct.