top of page
RESOURCES
PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT & ACCOUNTABILITY
By Detail
By Topic
Dig In (3-6 pages)
Deep Dive (longer articles and resources)
-
21 Principles for the 21st Century Prosecutor
-
Brady v. Maryland and the Prosecutors Duty to Disclose (29 pages)
-
Flipping the Script on Brady
-
The Brady Colloquy
-
Unlocking the Black Box: How Prosecutorial Transparency Act Will Empower Communities and Help End Mass Incarceration
-
A Rule 11 for Prosecutors (74 pages)
-
Disclosing Prosecutorial Misconduct (56 pages)
-
Structuring the Ethics of Prosecutorial Trial Practice: Can Prosecutors Do Justice? (71 pages)
-
The Integrity of Our Convictions- Holding Stakeholders Accountable in an Era of Criminal Justice Reform (30 pages)
-
Beyond Absolute Immunity: Alternative Protections for Prosecutors (44 pages)
-
Connick v. Thompson: An Immunity That Admits of (Almost) No Liabilities (34 pages)
-
Somebody Help Me Understand This: The Supreme Court's Interpretation of Prosecutorial Immunity and Liability Under §1983 (41 pages)
-
In the Shadows: Plea Bargaining Research
-
Brady v. Maryland (Supreme Court Opinion)
-
Connick v. Thompson (Supreme Count Opinion)
News Articles and Media
(For more stories about specific cases,
check our In The News page)
-
Justice Derailed: America’s Legacy of Sentencing the Innocent (Mar. 12, 2021, The Crime Report)
-
State Passes Watered Down DA Review Panel (Feb. 9, 2021, the Post-Journal)
-
Brooklyn Assemblyman Revives Push For State Commission To Investigate Prosecutors (Jan. 29, 2021, Gothamist)
-
What a Libertarian Attorney General Could Do (Jan. 22, 2021, CATO Institute)
-
California makes it a felony for prosecutors to withhold or alter exculpatory evidence (Oct. 5, 2016, ABA Journal)
Exculpatory Evidence (Brady Material)
-
Discovery Disclosures Fact Sheet
-
Brady v. Maryland (Supreme Court Opinion)
-
Flipping the Script on Brady
-
The Brady Colloquy
-
Brady v. Maryland and the Prosecutors Duty to Disclose
Immunity
-
Let's Put An End to Prosecutorial Immunity
-
End Prosecutorial Immunity. Period.
-
Beyond Absolute Immunity: Alternative Protections for Prosecutors
-
Connick v. Thompson: An Immunity That Admits of (Almost) No Liabilities
-
Somebody Help Me Understand This: The Supreme Court's Interpretation of Prosecutorial Immunity and Liability Under §1983
Transparency & Accountability
-
21 Principles for the 21st Century Prosecutor.
-
NY Creates Commission On Prosecutorial Misconduct
-
A Rule 11 for Prosecutors
-
Unlocking the Black Box: How Prosecutorial Transparency Act Will Empower Communities and Help End Mass Incarceration
-
Disclosing Prosecutorial Misconduct
-
Structuring the Ethics of Prosecutorial Trial Practice: Can Prosecutors Do Justice?
-
The Integrity of Our Convictions- Holding Stakeholders Accountable in an Era of Criminal Justice Reform
-
In the Shadows: Plea Bargaining Research
Law Review Articles (and citations)
Yuri R. Linetsky, A Rule 11 for Prosecutors, 87 Tenn. L. Rev. 1 (2019).
Jason Kreag, Disclosing Prosecutorial Misconduct, 72 Vand. L. Rev. 297 (2019).
Fred C. Zacharias, Structuring the Ethics of Prosecutorial Trial Practice: Can Prosecutors Do Justice?, 44 Vand. L. Rev. 45 (1991).
Barry Scheck, The Integrity of Our Convictions: Holding Stakeholders Accountable in an Era of Criminal Justice Reform, 48 Geo. L.J. Ann. Rev. Crim. Proc. iii (2019).
John P. Taddei, Beyond Absolute Immunity: Alternative Protections for Prosecutors Against Ultimate Liability for § 1983 Suits, 106 NW. L. Rev. 1883 (2012).
David Rittgers, Connick v. Thompson: An Immunity that Admits of (Almost) No Liabilities, 2010 Cato Sup. Ct. Rev. 203.
Kate McClelland, “Somebody Help Me Understand This”: The Supreme Court’s Interpretation of Prosecutorial Immunity and Liability Under § 1983, 102 NW. J. Crim. L. & Criminology 1323 (2012).
-
Brady v. Maryland and the Prosecutors Duty to Disclose
Victor Bass, Case Comment, Brady v. Maryland and the Prosecutor’s Duty to Disclose, 40 U. Chi. L. Rev. 112 (1972).
bottom of page