This case is the subject of an extraordinary project at Columbia Law School, which this week released a book-length account — called "Los Tocayos Carlos," or the namesake Carlos — detailing the errors in the investigation and prosecution of Mr. DeLuna from the moment of his arrest.
I reminded Wolfowitz that President Bush had recently conceded that errors had been made in the prosecution of the war.
Errors by the prosecution led to a new trial in 1990.
Legal experts pointed to what they said were errors by the prosecution.
The Florida Supreme Court reversed the conviction last year, citing errors by the prosecution.
But, these statutory grants were construed not to permit writs of error filed by the prosecution, as in More.
The most serious errors in the eyes of the judges is that investigators for the prosecution collected evidence from United Nations staff members and rights groups in Congo and gave assurances that they would not disclose the identities of the sources.
Reasonable errors in writs and legal documents are evidences of human frailty, admissible in the prosecution and flattering to the defendant, who quashes them and clears his client.
"She may benefit from a successful prosecution, but she has no legal interest in the prosecution".
Still, there were glaring holes in the prosecution's case.
