The villains of this book are clear: zealous prosecutors convinced they were stamping out an epidemic of abuse; crusading child-abuse investigators who alternately hounded and coaxed children into accusations they did not appear even to understand; "expert" witnesses who trotted out half-baked theories to gullible jurors; judges who consistently ruled in favor of the prosecutors.
The trial judge, Judge William C. Meehan in State Superior Court here, had ruled early on in the case in favor of the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office that the tape could be used as evidence.
The Board of Supervisors voted 3 to 2 to approve the settlement against the advice of county counsel, with Biane voting in favor of the agreement, prosecutors said.
The seven cases decided in favor of the warden or prosecutor during that same period are: Massachusetts v. Upton, 466 U.S. 727, 104 S.Ct.
China's criminal justice system is steeply tilted in favor of the police and prosecutors.
So it should — in favor of the idea that a prosecutor may not use a suspect's silence during an interrogation before his arrest as evidence of guilt.
Both officials subsequently voted in favor of the bill, according to prosecutors.
Because the prosecutor's argument in favor of the death penalty reached outside of the evidence of the case and the law of this Commonwealth, we are not convinced that the penalty was not the product of passion, prejudice or an arbitrary factor and, therefore, pursuant to our Death Penalty Statute, we must vacate the sentence of death and remand this matter for a new sentencing hearing.
Prosecutors argued in favor of the death penalty.
