“It would be a miscarriage of justice to permit this case to go to the jury”

by Walter Olson on May 13, 2011

The U.S. Department of Justice falls flat on its face in its unsuccessful prosecution of Lauren Stevens, an in-house lawyer and vice president at drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline, on charges of lying to the government and obstructing justice during the company’s response to a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigation of its marketing. [Main Justice]

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06.11.11 at 9:44 pm

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1 jkoerner 05.13.11 at 7:51 am

I have noticed that no one calls out the prosecutors by name. I feel like it would be at least a small deterent to bad behavior if sites like this with high google site-ranking called out prosecutorial misconduct like this by explicitly stating names.

2 Mike 05.13.11 at 10:53 am

the prosecutors may been been directed to pursue this case by their “superiors”.

3 David Smith 05.13.11 at 4:22 pm

Sorry,

“I vas only following oders” doesn’t fly in America.

4 William Nuesslein 05.15.11 at 9:32 am

Judge Titus’s ruling was wise, but I wonder if his wisdom came from knowing that “lying to the government” and “obstructing justice” charges best suited for tyranny, or simple empathy for the accused lawyer. The Martha Stewart prosecution and conviction shamed our USA.

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