Petition updateQueens District Attorney Election: November 5, 2019 —Queens DA Primary Election RecountNYC Prosecutors Who Abuse Their Authority Almost Always Evade Punishment
Carlos FuerteNew York, NY, United States
May 5, 2019

Stuart’s wrongdoing in the Bennett case wasn’t his only act of misconduct. He manipulated evidence in another case, and that conviction wound up being reversed by the courts, too. But his bosses took no action after that misconduct became known. A state disciplinary committee reprimanded Stuart, but that fact remained secret from the public. Indeed, Stuart’s superiors did not act until another conviction was overturned, and Stuart was found to have lied to a trial judge about the whereabouts of a key defense witness.

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