A7449 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
Provides that if a prosecutor withholds information proving the innocence of an individual convicted of or charged with a crime, such prosecutor shall be guilty of a felony with the term of imprisonment being twice that of the term of imprisonment the individual charged with the crime is faced with or twice that which the individual has been sentenced to.
- Title
- Creates the crime of prosecutorial misconduct
- Type
- New York State Assembly bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- In Assembly Committee
- Latest action date
- 2026-01-07
- In committee
- Codes
- Introduced
- 2025-03-28
- Law section
- Penal Law
Sponsors
- J. Gary Pretlow Assembly Member, District 89
Heard in committee
- Codes NY State Assembly committee