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Objection! Prosecutors treated kindly when they err, study says
By Mat Herron
Staff Writer

Some prosecutors will do anything to put a defendant in jail — even if that means breaking rules spelled out by their own profession. And when they behave badly enough, innocent people can wind up in prison, while the attorneys get their wrists slapped.

So concludes “Harmful Error,” a three-year study by the Washington-based Center for Public Integrity....