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Re:New York inmate's golf drawings lead to exoneration in mu... by clamprecht on Thursday September 20, 2018 @10:18AM (#18032589)
One simple solution would be to have prosecutors swear, under penalty of perjury, that they are not withholding evidence.
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Re:New York inmate's golf drawings lead to exoneration in mu... by _jal on Thursday September 20, 2018 @11:57AM (#18033421)
That would be interesting; I wonder how courts would treat a voluntary sworn statement vs. absolute immunity. (A bit of an academic question; getting judges to do this would never happen in the US.)
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