On Thursday in Phoenix, U.S. District Court Judge Diane Humetewa denied a defense motion asking her to dismiss the five-year-old criminal case against veteran newspapermen Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin. The ruling clears the path for an August 8 retrial…
A new report from the National Registry of Exonerations, a U.S. database of individuals whose wrongful convictions have been overturned, finds prosecutorial misconduct to be rampant in federal white-collar convictions that eventually result in exoneration. According to “Government Misconduct and…
California Senator and presidential contender Kamala Harris’ effort to market herself as a champion of criminal justice reform took another hit on April 19, as the California Attorney General’s Office, where Harris was once the jefe, admitted in open court…
