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See Miller and Wright [1].
Id. at 18–19.
Id. at 77.
Id. at 93.
Id. at 116.
Id. at 121.
Id. at 139.
Id. at 86.
Id. at 90.
Id. at 51.
Id. at 29.
Id. at 109; Leslie Crocker Snyder et al., Report on the Conviction of Jeffrey Deskovic (2007), available at http://www.westchesterda.net/Jeffrey%20Deskovic%20Comm%20Rpt.pdf.
See Medwed, supra note 2 at 133.
Id. at 38–39.
[3] (proposing use of surveys to obtain information about prosecutor’s performance).
Id. at 31 (citing to studies finding rare reported cases in which prosecutors received bar discipline).
Medwed, supra note 2, at 32; see also id. at 100 regarding additional rules on use of experts that “lacks substance” and id. at 134-35 regarding limited enactment and lack of teeth of the rule regarding post-conviction evidence of innocence.
See Bibas [4].
See Voices from the Field: An Inter-Professional Approach to Managing Critical Information, 31 Cardozo L. Rev. 2037, 2069 (2010)
Report of the Working Groups on Best Practices, New Perspectives on Brady and Other Disclosure Obligations, 31 Cardozo L. Rev. 1961, 1972 (2010) (“in these prosecutors’ experiences, the vast majority of the time the failure to turn over information hurts the prosecution more than the defense because the withheld information is most often not Brady material, but inculpatory information that the State would like to use in its case.”).
563 U.S. ___ (2011).
See Meares [5].
See Report, supra note 21 at 1989–90.
See Report, supra note 21 at 1993–94.
See Editorial, Nassau Lab Cleanup a Big Task, Newsday, April 23, 2012.
See State of New York, Office of the Inspector General, Investigation into the Nassau County Police Department, Forensic Evidence Bureau 5, 154–55 (November 2011), http://ig.state.ny.us/pdfs/Investigation%20into%20the%20Nassau%20County%20Police%20Department%20Forensic%20Evidence%20Bureau.pdf.
See Peg Lautenschlager, Wisconsin Attorney General, “Eyewitness Identifi cation Best Practices” (June 15, 2005); John J. Farmer, Jr., Attorney General of the State of New Jersey, “Letter to All County Prosecutors: Attorney General Guidelines for Preparing and Conducting Photo and Live Lineup Identifi cation Procedures” (April 18, 2001).
Medwed, supra note 2, at 54.
See Missouri v. Frye, 132 S.Ct. 1399 (2012); Lafler v. Cooper, 132 S.Ct. 1376 (2012).
Medwed, supra note 2, at 66–67.
See Bowers [6].
Medwed, supra note 2 at 127–28; Fisher [7].
Andrew Martin, Illinois Prosecutor Who Challenged DNA Evidence Will Resign, N.Y. Times, Dec. 7, 2011.
Id. at 143.
Id. at 144–45.
Barkow [8].
See Garrett [9].
Id. at 170.
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Garrett, B.L. Opening the black box: Review of prosecution complex. Crime Law Soc Change 58, 567–573 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10611-012-9402-1
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