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‘Invisibility’ of Prosecutor Misconduct Erodes Trust: PA Report

The Crime Report

A 2020 study by the NRE of over 2,400 confirmed exonerations found that in 30 percent of the cases prosecutorial misconduct was specifically a factor. Of the 106 exonerations through the end of 2020 in Pennsylvania, prosecutors committed misconduct in 48 of them, or about 45 percent. Enhance Prosecutorial Self-Regulation and Reporting.

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Third-party arbitration funding – Comparative analysis and Indian Perspective

LexForti

It was clearly pronounced that “there appears to be no restriction on third parties (non-lawyers) funding the litigation and getting repaid after the outcome of the litigation” [18]. Litigation is a never-ending process and is only increasing in numbers as the hours pass by. Balaji [17]. It was observed in Otech Pakistan v.

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TURKEY TORTS (2020)

JonathanTurley

In 2020, the cancelation of parades and the reduction of travel has led to a very different legal profile of holiday mishaps and malfeasance. It is a Thanksgiving that perfectly captures 2020. _. The litigation over last year’s lettuce recall has only just started due to the statute of limitations. coli inflections.

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Will the court overturn a 1930s precedent to expand presidential power, again?

SCOTUSBlog

Although the president can remove most government officials for any reason, those positions are protected by Congress from firing without good cause, such as malfeasance in office, and by a 1935 Supreme Court case that upheld such for-cause limits. You mentioned the Fed before, where does the Fed stand?

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