Updates and Corrections
June 26, 2003 — To arrive at the numbers of allegations and findings of misconduct by prosecutors, Center researchers relied on rulings by appellate court judges. Our standard was that an opinion clearly cite a prosecutor for misconduct as one of the grounds for reversing or remanding a defendant's conviction, sentence or indictment. >>
June 26, 2003 — Dear Center for Public Integrity: The study entitled "Harmful Error" claims that prosecutorial misconduct is epidemic among the thousands of state and county prosecutors. The truth is that such misconduct is better described as episodic, those few cases being rare enough to merit considerable attention by both the courts and the media. >>