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Proseuctor in Ted Stevens Case Commits Suicide

By Jeralyn, Section Corruption Cases
Posted on Mon Sep 27, 2010 at 06:51:36 PM EST
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Nicholas Marsh, age 37, was one of the prosecutors in the Ted Stevens case. He and other prosecutors in the case have been under investigation for misconduct due to their withholding of evidence in the case. Yesterday, Marsh committed suicide.

Marsh's lawyer, Robert Luskin (yes, also Karl Rove's former lawyer), says the investigation was coming to a close and he would have been shocked had Marsh not been exonerated.

After Attorney General Eric Holder moved to dismiss Stevens' convictions, the Judge appointed Washington attorney Henry Schuelke to investigate the actions of the prosecutors. Marsh was transferred from the Public Integrity Section to the Office of International affairs during the investigation.

How sad that at age 37, Mr. Marsh thought suicide was his best option. I hope there was some other reason besides the potential fear of losing his job.

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    Proseuctor in Ted Stevens Case Commits Suicide | 6 comments (6 topical)

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    Spelling alert, Jeralyn: your post title (none / 0) (#1)
    by Anne on Mon Sep 27, 2010 at 07:35:01 PM EST
    has transposed the "c" and the "u" in "prosecutor!"

    Federal prosecution, or even investigation, (none / 0) (#2)
    by Peter G on Mon Sep 27, 2010 at 10:45:53 PM EST
    is often so harsh and one-sided that it can crush the spirit of a person with any sort of healthy personality or grip on reality.  (Those without these attributes do better, in my experience.)  The process can easily destroy all sense of hope the target has for resuming a "normal life," regardless of outcome.  A sad story, but alas not a unique one.

    That's really depressing (none / 0) (#3)
    by andgarden on Mon Sep 27, 2010 at 11:03:40 PM EST
    It sounds like how you might describe a police state.

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    Karma (none / 0) (#5)
    by Yes2Truth on Tue Sep 28, 2010 at 08:08:30 AM EST

    Attn:  Prosecutors

    ???narcissistic injury (none / 0) (#6)
    by diogenes on Tue Sep 28, 2010 at 09:39:30 AM EST
    Upper middle class guy effectively has his self-image turned into "sleazy lawyer" on national news.  Whether or not he would get acquited of a criminal offense, he had to know that he was publically busted for lawyerly sleaze.  If he had thoughts of himself as a crusading lawyer (as opposed to a self-aggrandizing one), they were gone.    

    Well Maybe He Was Already There (none / 0) (#7)
    by ScottW714 on Tue Sep 28, 2010 at 12:35:53 PM EST
    Maybe the misjudgments he made at the trial were made because of an already weakened or depressed state.

    We will never know, but a lot of times the suspected cause of suicide is merely a byproduct of depression.

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