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Article: Justice Department Looks to Avoid Another Stevens Fiasco
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- October 15, 2009
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Justice Department leaders are pressing ahead with reforms to
prevent lapses by prosecutors in sharing evidence in criminal cases,
a series of changes spurred by failures that led the federal
government to take a highly unusual step earlier this year and
abandon the conviction of former senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska).
The reforms come as new allegations emerge that cast doubt on the
credibility of the key witness in the Alaska political corruption
scandals, including the botched prosecution of Stevens.
Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer outlined in an
interview and at a judges' meeting in Seattle this week the fresh
safeguards, such as new training programs for federal prosecutors ...