Professor Alberto Bernabe - The University of Illinois-Chicago School of Law
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
More criticism of the DC Bar Counsel decision to recommend an admonition for prosecutor with history of repeated violations
I recently posted a comment critical of a decision from Washington DC in which the Office of Bar Counsel recommended only an admonition for a federal prosecutor with a “history of repeated, blatant
Brady violations” (as determined by a judge's findings) and who was
found to have made false statements to a judge. See here. Seeking Justice was also critical of the decision and the Legal Profession blog has a number of posts critical of the DC disciplinary system. Now Jonathan Turley has added his voice to the criticism. His comments starts as follows: "It has long been maintained by defense counsel that the Justice
Department not only protected unethical prosecutors but has a culture
encouraging unethical conduct in litigation. This problem is magnified
by the tendency of courts and bar committees to look the other way in
the face of violations or to confine sanctions to admonitions or verbal
criticism" You can read the full comment here.