Suspect freed after 'egregious case' of prosecutor misconduct

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EVERETT — A judge called the prosecutor’s actions “uniquely egregious.”

In an exhaustive and sharply worded 214-page decision, Superior Court Judge Anita Farris accused a Snohomish County deputy prosecutor of withholding and destroying evidence, threatening a witness into testifying, and repeatedly lying to the court.

As a result, Farris in June dismissed the case and ordered the release of a suspect in the robbing and shooting of a teenage boy.

On Dec. 5, Farris ordered sanctions against deputy prosecutor Michelle Rutherford, for acts of willful misconduct. According to the decision, Rutherford will have to apologize to the defense attorney, the detective who worked on the case and the colleagues who defended her in court, including her boss, Prosecutor Adam Cornell. She also will have to take classes in legal ethics and read up on case law and professional standards.

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[EarnestPutz]

1. Destroying evidence and lying to the court have got to be crimes, right?

How can she avoid some jail time and keep her job is beyond me.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. She needed 214 pages? From Twitter:

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Suspect freed after a judge called a Snonomish County (Everett), Washington prosecutor’s actions “uniquely egregious.”

Yeesh. The prosecutor withheld and destroyed evidence, threatened a witness, and lied to the court.

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