To read this article as a PDF, click here. EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was originally published under the title "A Prosecutor's Right to Immunity and a Defendant's Right to a Fair Another Trial" in Volume XII, Issue III. Abstract: In 2020, the criminal legal system exonerated 129 persons who had been convicted as a result of prosecutorial misconduct. This paper discusses the judicial doctrines of absolute and qualified immunity and how they have insulated prosecutors from the

Abstract: This article argues that, contrary to general understanding, the writ of habeas corpus is available to challenge not only claims of unlawful conviction but also unlawful conditions of confinement. In a series of habeas cases beginning in the nineteenth century, the Supreme Court articulated a common law approach for extending habeas jurisdiction to habeas petitions that seek less than immediate or speedier release. During the 1950s and 1960s, the federal circuit d

Dear Readers, Thank you for your interest in The Criminal Law Practitioner. I am pleased to address you for the first time as the brief’s new Editor-in-Chief. On behalf of our Editorial Board and Staff, I am proud to share with you Volume XII, Issue III. This summer’s issue continues our mission of producing informative and timely content for criminal law practitioners, as authors Raimund Stieger and Ivan Parfenoff provide their valuable insight on prosecutorial misconduct an