Current and former prosecutors—yes, prosecutors—have railed in a pair of U.S. Supreme Court filings against perceived injustices perpetrated by law enforcement and condoned by lower courts.
Their amicus—or friend of the court—briefs lamenting wrongful confessions and withheld evidence read more like the stuff of defense attorneys and like-minded advocacy groups.
But the prosecutors and ex-officials hope their law-and-order credentials increase the chances that the high court will hear the cases of two defendants with similar stories: Brendan Dassey and Corey Williams.
Both were intellectually challenged juveniles who confessed to murders in the face of contradictory evidence. They’ll both die in ...
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