[Gay State Conservative]

I'm not a lawyer but I've always thought that prosecutors have a legal duty to hand over evidence that favors the accused to his/her lawyer and failure to do so constitutes serious misconduct.

[colorado tanker]

You are correct. It is called Brady material after the Supreme Court case that requires prosecutors to turn over all exculpatory evidence. Failure to do so results in a conviction being overturned.

However, things have gotten so corrupt at DOJ that an increasing number of federal judges now routinely enter a Brady order when a case is filed so they can also enforce Brady with their contempt powers.

[MilesVeritatis]

We learned this form My Cousin Vinny:

https://youtu.be/I6pUa5dOq1A?t=2m26s