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Seventh Circuit Rules Prosecutor Can Be Sued For Abusive Investigation and Misconduct

• Jonathan Turley
.... a prosecutor is not protected by immunity for allegedly coercing false testimony that sent a man to death row 17 years ago. Two prosecutors were accused of egregious misconduct: Lawrence Wharrie and David Kelley. The new opinion from the Seventh Circuit is Fields v. Wharrie, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 1333....

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