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9th Circuit panel intervenes in prosecutorial misconduct

August 4, 2015 by Alexandra Natapoff

During appellate argument, a Ninth Circuit panel of federal judges lambasted the California Attorney General’s office for failing to discipline a prosecutor who lied about rewarding a jailhouse snitch.  Los Angeles Times story and video of argument (beginning at 16:00 minutes) here.  The panel, which included Judges Kozinski, Wardlaw and Fletcher, instructed the government attorney to go back to his office and tell the Attorney General to act on the matter.

Filed Under: Informant Law, Jailhouse Informants, Prosecutors

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