Iowa Prosecutor Case Is Settled

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Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A multimillion-dollar settlement on Monday ended the Supreme Court's consideration of a case that could have changed the legal protections that criminal prosecutors get as they do their jobs.

The high court agreed to dismiss the case after Terry Harrington and Curtis W. McGhee Jr. agreed to a $12 million settlement with Pottawattamie County, Iowa, and two of its former prosecutors.

"Terry Harrington deserves this after his unwavering patience and perseverance as to his innocence," his lawyer Doug McCalla said in a statement.

Justices in November heard arguments over whether the two men's lawsuit against the county and its former prosecutors, Dave Richter and his assistant Joseph Hrvol, should be thrown out.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/01/04/us/AP-US-Supreme-Court-Prosecutors.html

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"The case was Pottawattamie County v. McGhee, 08-1065."

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1. Anything that keeps corrupt prosecutors and cops in check is a good thing...

We have far more to fear from our own out-of-control cops and prosecutors than we do from terrorists.