What happens to
prosecutors who withhold exculpatory evidence in cases that result
in wrongful convictions? Not much. Senior editor Radley Balko
reports on the case of Bernard Baran, a man who served 22 years in
prison after he was convicted of molesting several children at a
daycare center in Massachusetts. Evidence pointing to Baran's
innocence was never introduced at trial, and the prosecutor who may
have committed serious misconduct in winning Baran's conviction not
only was never investigated or disciplined, he was soon promoted to
judge, a job he has held for the last 20 years.
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New at Reason: Radley Balko on Bernard Baran, Wrongful Convictions, and Prosecutorial Misconduct
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