New at Reason: Radley Balko on Why Bad Prosecutors Are Never Disciplined

October 26, 2009

Former Florida prosecutor Robert Carney has helped put four innocent men in prison. In one case, he failed to turn over exculpatory evidence to the defense, evidence that a decade later led to the innocent man's release and the apprehension of the actual killer. Carney is now a judge in Broward County, Florida. Radley Balko looks at Carney and several other misbehaving prosecutors and asks, why are they never sanctioned or disciplined? Balko argues that the lack of concern on the part of our criminal justice and political systems when prosecutors misbehave casts doubt on the legitimacy of our courts.

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