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‘Invisibility’ of Prosecutor Misconduct Erodes Trust: PA Report

The Crime Report

million judicial opinions published between 2000 and 2016 by federal and state courts in Pennsylvania. Courts failed to address 1,774 of those claims. Adopt American Bar Association Rules for Defining Prosecutorial Misconduct. They identified 7,207 separate claims of prosecutorial misconduct over that 17-year period.

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A bungled house sale, a bankrupt couple, and a statutory puzzle involving debts incurred through fraud

SCOTUSBlog

Share The court will hear its second bankruptcy case of the week next Tuesday, with Bartenwerfer v. Dissatisfied with the purchase, Buckley eventually obtained a judgment in a California state court based on the failure of the Bartenwerfers to disclose information about the house on the standard-form Transfer Disclosure Statement.

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