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Aversa v. U.S., No. 95-2216 (1st Cir.) (99 F.3d 1200) (October 21, 1996) (Judge Hugh H. Bownes)

Loaded on Dec. 1, 1996 published in Punch and Jurists December 16, 1996
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified.

Although the Court strongly criticized the AUSA who prosecuted this case for disseminating false and mileading press stories about an ongoing prosecution it held that the prosecutor was immune to suits for damages.

It has been said that "all power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." This somewhat sick case ...

 

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