A police officer coerces a witness to make a false statement; a prosecutor independently decides to present that witness at trial; the defendant is criminally convicted. Is the officer liable under 42 U.S.C. §1983 for violation of the Due Process Clause?
This knotty question now has a clearer answer, in light of the recent Second Circuit decision in Bermudez v. City of New York, 2015 WL 3650756 (2d Cir. June 15, 2015), the civil rights case of Fernando Bermudez, convicted and imprisoned for a murder he did not commit.
