Prosecutor Ethics the Focus of CPI Media Campaign

WASHINGTON / May 29, 2013 – Following admissions by a star witness that she lied during an Alabama homicide trial -- sending a man to death row -- the Center for Prosecutor Integrity (CPI) is launching a national media campaign. The media effort is designed to engage the public, prosecutors, and other stakeholders in a national conversation about the effectiveness of the criminal justice system and the problem of wrongful convictions. In the Alabama trial, investigators offered to pay Alisha Booker $10,000 in return for her testimony against Montez Spradley, charged with killing a 58-