Policy Issues
Innocence
,Prosecutorial Accountability
,Dec 17, 2020
Former Pennsylvania Death-Row Prisoner Roderick Johnson is Freed After ‘Egregious’ Prosecutorial Misconduct Bars Retrial
A former Pennsylvania death-row prisoner has been freed, one month after the trial court barred his retrial because of “egregious” prosecutorial misconduct by the county district attorney. On December 1, 2020, Berks County…