Eastern District of North Carolina
"The United States Attorney is the representative not of an ordinary party to a controversy, but of a sovereignty whose obligation to govern impartially is as compelling as its obligation to govern at all; and whose interest, therefore, in a criminal prosecution is not that it shall win a case, but that justice shall be done. As such, he is in a peculiar and very definite sense the servant of the law, the two-fold aim of which is that guilt shall not escape or innocence suffer. He may prosecute with earnestness and vigor -- indeed, he should do so. But, while he may strike hard blows, he is not at liberty to strike foul ones. It is as much his duty to refrain from improper methods calculated to produce a wrongful conviction as it is to use every legitimate means to bring about a just one. "
- Berger v. United States, 295 U.S. 78 (1935) (Sutherland)
| September 5, 2008 |
Smith Sentencing Press Release added. Jefferson Sentencing Press Release added. Kehinde Sentencing Press Release added. |
| September 4, 2008 |
Bethea Sentencing Press Release added. Powers Sentencing Press Release added. |
| August 27, 2008 | Project Safe Childhood Indictments Press Release added. |
| August 26, 2008 |
Porter Sentencing Press Release added. Thacker / Hart / Hall Indictment Press Release added. |
| August 19, 2008 |
Shepard Sentencing Press Release added. Daniels Plea Press Release added. |
| August 18, 2008 |
Padgett Plea Press Release added. Padgett Exhibits - (1) (2) (3) |
| August 14, 2008 |
Bell Sentencing Press Release added. Jacoby Sentencing Press Release added. Foster Indictment Press Release added. Privette Trial Press Release added. McMurrin Sentencing Press Release added. Johnson Sentencing Press Release added. |
| August 6, 2008 |
Oliver Sentencing Press Release added. Cofield Sentencing Press Release added. Hudson Sentencing Press Release added. White Sentencing Press Release added. |
| August 5, 2008 |
Gorham / Putney / Taylor Sentencing Press Release added. Ellis Sentencing Press Release added. |
| July 31, 2008 | ATL Press Release added. |
| July 30, 2008 | Anti-gang Press Release added. |
| July 29, 2008 | Newby Verdict Press Release added. |
| July 18, 2008 | Perry Press Release added. |
| July 11, 2008 |
Jackson Sentencing Press Release added. Jones Sentencing Press Release added. Hoffman Sentencing Press Release added. Taylor Plea Press Release added. Wade Sentencing Press Release added. Autry Sentencing Press Release added. Shepard Sentencing Press Release added. Escobedo-Gonzalez Sentencing Press Release added. Evans Plea Press Release added. Scott Sentencing Press Release added. |
| July 8, 2008 |
Springer Sentencing Press Release added. Ward Sentencing Press Release added. |
| July 7, 2008 |
Morris Plea Press Release added. Pittman Sentencing Press Release added. Moore Appointment Press Release added. Johnson Appointment Press Release added. Patel Sentencing Press Release added. Strickland Sentencing Press Release added. |
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