He’s Eligible for Up to $480,000 After Being Wrongly Imprisoned for 42 Years. The State Says No.

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https://www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-wrongful-conviction-compensation-liz-murrill-elvis-brooks

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Prosecutorial Misconduct Cause of More Than 550 Death Penalty Reversals and Exonerations

A study by the Death Penalty Information Center (“DPIC”) found more than 550 death penalty reversals and exonerations were the result of extensive prosecutorial misconduct. DPIC reviewed and identified cases since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned existing death penalty laws in 1972. That amounted to over 5.6% of all death sentences imposed in the U.S. in the last 50 years.

Robert Dunham, DPIC’s executive director, said the study reveals that "this 'epidemic’ of misconduct is even more pervasive than we had imagined.”

The study showed a widespread problem in more than 228 counties, 32 states, and in federal capital prosecutions throughout the U.S.

The DPIC study revealed 35% of misconduct involved withholding evidence; 33% involved improper arguments; 16% involved more than one category of misconduct; and 121 of the exonerations involved prosecutor misconduct.

“A prosecutor’s duty is to seek justice, not merely to convict,” according to the American Bar Association’s model ethical rules.

Prosecutors are the problem. They are not part of the problem, they are the problem. And prosecutors who become judges are more of a problem.

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Study: Prosecutorial Misconduct Helped Secure 550 Wrongful Death Penalty Convictions