On November 10, 2021, Professor Ellen Yaroshefsky was quoted in The New York Times article “They Publicized Prosecutors’ Misconduct. The Blowback Was Swift.” The article focuses on the process of handling prosecutorial misconduct and the grievances filed by a group of law professors against 21 Queens prosecutors.
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Now, according to the professors’ lawsuit, New York City is arguing that the process of seeking consequences for prosecutorial misconduct should effectively be shielded from public view.
Ellen Yaroshefsky, a distinguished professor in legal ethics at Hofstra University who submitted an affidavit about prosecutorial misconduct in Queens in an unrelated case, said that the actions of the city’s lawyer, officially known as the corporation counsel, were “shocking.”
“These plaintiffs have ruffled the feathers of very powerful actors,” said Ms. Yaroshefsky, who was not one of the professors who filed the grievances.
Read the full story on The New York Times website.
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