The issues

Official misconduct

Prosecutorial and police misconduct, including suppressed evidence.

Prosecutors and police are required to turn over evidence that could help a defendant, and required not to coach witnesses, hide deals, or build a case around evidence they know is unreliable. When they don't, the resulting conviction rests on a version of events the jury was never allowed to fully see. This covers what are sometimes discussed separately as prosecutorial misconduct, police misconduct, and suppressed (Brady) evidence — Xonorate tags all three under this one category, matching how the National Registry of Exonerations itself codes it.

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