Entries tagged with “Larry Jenkins”
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Prosecutorial Accountability
,Jul 31, 2020
Investigation Exposes History of Misconduct by Leading South Georgia Homicide Prosecutor in Death Penalty Cases
A prominent South Georgia prosecutor, lauded for his success in capital prosecutions, has a history of misconduct in those cases, an Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigative report has disclosed. Longtime Brunswick Judicial Circuit Assistant District Attorney John B. Johnson III, who joined the five-county prosecutor’s office in 1977, “has a dark legacy of problem cases,” the paper reports, including repeatedly withholding evidence from the defense…