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  • Bill to Create Prosecutorial Misconduct Commission Awaits Cuomo Decision

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    Gov. Cuomo (photo: Kevin P. Coughlin/Governor's Office)


    Behind the veil of an unproductive state legislative session where, in its aftermath, the focus has been on what did not get done, one significant piece of legislation that made its way through both chambers and toward the governor’s desk is a bill to create a new, independent state commission tasked with investigating prosecutorial misconduct by district attorneys, including misconduct that could lead, and has led, to false convictions. If the controversial bill is

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