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Unlike other State Attorneys within the State of Florida, the 7th Circuit SA office does not hold or prepare a Brady List.

Although, the 7th SA has assured us that they comply with the mandates of Brady v Maryland - they still have not provided any examples of their office complying with the mandates of Brady.

Updated
February 6, 2012

"Beware the fury of a patient man"- Poet, John Dryden

In a 1963 U.S. Supreme Court decision, , the court ruled that the prosecutor has the responsibility to give the defendant any and all (evidence that tends to prove the suspect not guilty).

This exculpatory evidence would also include any knowledge that the prosecuting attorney has in the past truthfulness of witnesses, to include law enforcement officers.

Yes, it happens, actually more often then many of us wish to admit. Police officers do falsify reports and lie under oath. And yes, in our opinion the following are legitimate questions that need legitimate answers. How can that be? How can police officers falsify reports and lie under oath and still be police officers?

All of the above are excellent questions - that we here at VolusiaExposed.Com have been trying to get answers to for almost two years now. It's been our frustration that the following law enforcement agencies apparently either don't have or just are plainly refusing to supply the answers. These agencies include, but are not limited to, the Volusia County Division of Corrections, the Volusia County Department of Public Protection, the Volusia County Sheriff Department, and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

Police corruption in the State of Florida (and in particular, the Central Florida area) has reached epidemic portions. Need proof? If so, might we suggest you review the documents attached to several in-custody deaths at the Volusia County jail. If these deaths do not involved the falsification of documents by law enforcement officers, then no such thing (falsification of records) exists. We suggest you start your review with the 2009 death of Tracey Veira and move on to the others deaths from there.

Need more proof? Okay, then we suggest you review the recent Sarasota Herald-Tribune's SPECIAL REPORT on police corruption within the State of Florida. However, it is highly suggested that if you have a heart or high blood pressure condition, that you have a good supply of your medication on standby, prior to starting your review.

Okay, hopefully (and unfortunately) after your review of the above, you have now come to the conclusion that there are many corrupt cops currently wearing badges in the State of Florida. Further, you should now realize that such (allowing corrupt cops) is to a large degree, either ignored or in many cases condoned, by both regulatory bodies (FDLE) and individual law enforcement agencies.

So moving forward - police officers who have been dishonest are sometimes referred to as "Brady cops." Because of the Brady ruling, prosecutors are required to notify defendants, and their attorneys, whenever a law enforcement official involved in their case has a sustained record for knowingly lying in an official capacity.

Unfortunately, in the Central Florida area, there are so many "Brady cops" that several State Attorneys maintain a list of them, so that they can easily identify them, and can properly report them to criminal defendants, as is required under .

In fact, many State Bar organizations recommend the compiling of these "Brady lists", as a way of ensuring compliance with the Brady U.S. Supreme Court mandate. In short, the defense attorneys are provided with the list of "Brady cops" and are thereby put on notice, that if their client was arrested by one of these cops, there are possible police veracity issues attached to the arrest.

As Martha Stewart would tend to say - Brady lists are a "good thing". Not only do they ensure compliance with the Brady decision, but they also effectively weed out dishonest cops. Once a dishonest cop makes the local Brady list, his / her credibility to any jury has been damage beyond any reasonable repair.

The website recently requested, via a public record request, a copy of the 17th Judicial Circuit's (Broward County - South Florida) "Brady List".

We invite you to review the below attached article from BrowardBulldog of what inspired him to request his judicial circuit's "Brady list".

VolusiaExposed became aware of the importance of these Brady lists, via our friends at

made a public record request to their local State Attorney (10th Judicial Circuit) for a copy of it's Brady list. With no problems - the 10th Judicial Circuit State Attorney provided the list.

VolusiaExposed concluded that our readers would like to review the 7th Judicial Circuit list of "Brady Cops". So, on January 9, 2012, we made a public record request to our State Attorney, R.J. Larizza, in which we requested a copy of his office's Brady list.

We invite you to review our requests and the State Attorney's answers from January 9th to January 23, 2012. In short, the 7th Judicial Circuit maintains that they have not compiled or do not maintain a Brady list. However, they do insist that they comply with the requirements of the Brady decision.

Finally, VolusiaExposed made a simple public records request on January 27, 2012 requesting that the State Attorney forward us two examples of their office making Brady disclosures. As of this publication date (February 5, 2012) - we have received no response from our State Attorney.

Why would our State Attorney not compile or maintain a list of "Brady Cops"? Could the answer be, that our State Attorney, Mr. R.J. Larizza is too indebted to law enforcement and their unions regarding his 2008 successful bid to unseat former SA John Tanner?

If this peaks your interest, might we suggest you review this related article by VolusiaExposed.Com

We also encourage our readers to contact the local State Attorney's office and request proof of their compliance with Brady.

We invite our readers to share their responses via email with VolusiaExposed.