Lying prosecutors
2015-03-07 15:55:59.684823+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Prosecutor under investigation for allegedly falsifying transcripts.
Moore said the defendant speaks Spanish, and the fabricated admission was placed into an English translation of the defendant's interrogation. Deputy Public Defender Ernie Hinman, who's handling the case for Moore's office, noticed the discrepancy after having the tape of the interrogation translated and transcribed.
but the fabricated lines were used to extract a plea deal. The article talks about a few other questionable decisions by the prosecutor.
But heres another doozy: The People (of California) v. Efrain Velasco-Palacios. In this unpublished opinion from the Fifth Appellate District, the California Court of Appeal reveals that state prosecutors and California Attorney General Kamala Harris continue to be part of the problem. Kern County prosecutor Robert Murray committed outrageous government misconduct. Ms. Harris and her staff defended the indefensibleCalifornia State prosecutor Murray flat out falsified a transcript of a defendants confession.