The Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia and DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston have teamed up to revise and strengthen the state’s rules governing prosecutorial misconduct. 

Under proposed revisions to the Rules of Professional Conduct approved by the State Bar of Georgia’s Board of Governors, prosecutors found to have failed to disclose potentially exculpatory evidence to a defendant can face sanctions up to and including disbarment; the current maximum penalty under Rule 3.8 is a public reprimand. 

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