Criminal
Dec. 6, 2012
Prosectors' approaches to Innocence Project inquiries vary by county
While some prosecutors cooperate with innocence investigations, others require the groups to litigate every step of the way, said Justin Brooks, director of the Innocence Project of California.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Before the state Supreme Court decided Monday to uphold a man's conviction in a 1993 San Bernardino County murder, no other district attorney's office in California had sought to overturn a conviction reversal won by either of the state's innocence projects. And though the ruling is not expected to influence prosecutors' approach in future habeas cases, the case outlines major differences in the ...
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