Cyrus R. Vance Jr., the New York County District Attorney, writes: In many cases in Manhattan and all over our state, witnesses are frightened, asked to lie, or asked to tailor their accounts so as to minimize their impact on the defendant at trial, and that is only for those who come forward at all. These problems provide a crucial backdrop to the current debate over expanding criminal discovery.
June 21, 2012 at 12:00 AM
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Editors’ Note: This essay has been updated to reflect a Correction.
During the recent Manhattan trial of Daniel Everret for the murder of 13 year-old Scotty Scott in Harlem in 2008, evidence came to light that is harrowing and all too frequent in our system. The defendant, awaiting trial in a city jail, was recorded on the telephone instructing his fellow gang members on how best to intimidate the witnesses against him so as to prevent their incriminating testimony.
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