The prosecutor in charge repeatedly failed to turn over information to defense attorneys, infuriating a judge, who called the delayed handoff “outrageous.”
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Joseph Franco Case Dismissed After Prosecutors Withheld Evidence
The deputy chief of the Manhattan district attorney’s Police Accountability Unit was removed after the case against Joseph Franco collapsed.
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Ex-Detective Faces Perjury Trial, Accused of Lies That Led to Jail Terms
Joseph Franco is charged with six counts of perjury after what authorities said were the wrongful arrests of five people. His involvement torpedoed hundreds of prosecutions in New York.
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Brooklyn Prosecutors Seek to Throw Out Scores of Convictions
The 378 cases — mostly low-level drug and traffic offenses — relied on the work of 13 police officers who were later convicted of crimes.