Posted by Interesting to read on 3/02/04

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Lawrence Barcella, a prominent Washington defense attorney
and former federal prosecutor, said the discovery of the
FBI's unsearched computer storage space could affect
current cases in which guilt or innocence is still at issue
and past cases where questions of the fairness of sentences
or credibility of witnesses might be impacted.
"Under criminal case law, the failure to disclose may well
result in a defendant being denied a fair trial. So it
doesn't matter if it was negligence or willful, if
potentially exculpatory information was not produced,"
Barcella said.

FBI Failing to Seek Files for Defendants

FBI Records, 3/02/04, by Interesting to read.

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