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Id_Rather_Beach t1_iwm09uq wrote

I've been thinking about the original prosecutor and his behavior - is there anything that can be reviewed to determine if there is/was "prosecutorial misconduct"?

And I really feel like the retired dude going in to speak at Leo's parole hearings is offensive. He doesn't even know the case!

(although after this most recent election, Florida may just be a lost cause to anyone who is reasonable....)

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lavaforgood OP t1_iwn9wzn wrote

It’s unclear to me if, after all of Leo’s appeals, that John Aguero’s work on Leo’s case can be reviewed for prosecutorial misconduct. One of the areas we wanted to explore more in this podcast was the sordid history of prosecutorial misconduct in the 10th Circuit during State Attorney Jerry Hill’s time in office, and some of the innocent men he convicted who were later exonerated. His star homicide prosecutor, before John Aguero, got caught lying about exculpatory evidence that was withheld from the defense. In my opinion, that kind of prosecutorial misconduct merits charges and arrest — or, at the very least, an investigation. But Jerry Hill kept him on the job.
We also talked to a lot of people in Polk County legal circles who told us that John Aguero was known for doing the kinds of visits with defendants, without counsel and without tape recordings, that both Leo and Jeremy spoke about in our podcast. This was completely unethical, and seemingly an ongoing problem in Hill’s office. But because of the nature of these visits, John Aguero was savvy enough to not leave a paper trail.

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- G.K.

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