被错误监禁的尼基·米勒 （Nickie Miller） 起诉联邦助理检察官基思·克雷克拉夫特 （Keith Craycraft），声称销毁证据，但法院维持了克雷克拉夫特的豁免权，引发了对检察官问责的担忧。 Wrongfully imprisoned Nickie Miller sued Assistant Commonwealth Attorney Keith Craycraft, claiming evidence destruction, but the court upheld Craycraft's immunity, raising concerns about prosecutorial accountability.
Nickie Miller因谋杀在肯塔基州被非法监禁,两年后被免除罪责,但在监禁期间患上了癌症。 Nickie Miller, wrongfully imprisoned for murder in Kentucky, was exonerated after two years but developed cancer during his incarceration. 他起诉助理联邦检察官基思·克雷克,指控他指示证人销毁免责证据。 He sued Assistant Commonwealth Attorney Keith Craycraft, accusing him of instructing a witness to destroy exonerating evidence. 美国上诉法院维持了Craycraft的绝对豁免权,这是一种法律学说,防止对检察官在其公务范围内的行为提起诉讼。 The U.S. Court of Appeals upheld Craycraft's absolute immunity, a legal doctrine preventing lawsuits against prosecutors for actions within their official duties. Miller的案件引起了对起诉问责的担忧。 Miller's case raises concerns about prosecutorial accountability.