[Volokh] Jonathan Adler: Judge Will Not Dismiss Stevens Case:

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Posted by Jonathan Adler:
Judge Will Not Dismiss Stevens Case:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2008_09_28-2008_10_04.shtml#1223141143


   Despite prosecutors' failure to disclose potentially exculpatory
   information in a timely fashion, Judge Emmett Sullivan [1]will not
   dismiss the corruption charges against Senator Ted Stevens.

     "Although the court is persuaded there is a . . . violation, the
     court is not persuaded that dismissal of the indictment or mistrial
     is the appropriate remedy," said U.S. District Judge Emmet G.
     Sullivan. He added that the government's actions had broken his
     trust in the prosecutors and ordered them to give Stevens's
     attorneys copies of all witness interviews.

     "The court has no confidence in the government's ability" to meet
     its obligations to ensure a fair trial, he said.

References

   1. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/02/AR2008100201492.html?hpid=moreheadlines