Firenze Sage: The U.S. attorney [Jerry Albert] in a coverup … [Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals]

When a federal appeals court issued a ruling describing a prosecutorâ€s misconduct that forced a halt to a drug-trafficking trial in Tucson, the U.S. attorneyâ€s response was to ask the court to erase the prosecutorâ€s name from the published decision.

Bad move. After republishing the name of the errant prosecutor, Jerry Albert, the court pointed a finger at the U.S. attorneyâ€s office and said it was time to start taking responsibility for the misdeeds of its employees.

“When a prosecutor steps over the boundaries of proper conduct and into unethical territory, the government has a duty to own up to it and to give assurances that it will not happen again,” the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said Tuesday.

And, concerning all of the U.S. attorneyâ€s legal filings, the court said, “we cannot find a single hint of appreciation of the seriousness of the misconduct. … Instead, the government attempts to shift blame” to the defense lawyer in the case.
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Will anyone be fired or disciplined in any way for hiding the ball?

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