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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seemed worried Wednesday that allowing a bad prosecutor to be sued by a wrongfully convicted person might chill other prosecutions — even if they’re doing their jobs honestly.
In the case before the court, two former Iowa prosecutors were sued by the men they had convicted of first-degree murder. An investigation found that the lawyers never disclosed at trial that another, more likely, suspect had been identified.
The convictions were thrown out, but the lawyers unsuccessfully argued in the civil-rights suits against them that they had absolute immunity because they were doing their jobs as prosecutors.
