The government's prosecution of U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens will press on, despite a third attempt by his defense team to convince federal Judge Emmet Sullivan to dismiss the indictment against the 84-year-old legislator, or declare a mistrial, because of several instances of the government's mishandling of evidence. Sullivan ruled late Wednesday afternoon against the motions for a mistrial or dismissal, but he clipped the government's prosecutorial wings once again, and chastised the government's team for not living up to its obligation as "the gatekeeper" and guardian of all evidence in the case. The government, Sullivan said from the bench, must treat evidence that is favorable to the accused — Stevens — as sacredly as it treats the evidence that bolsters its case against him. He has repeatedly expressed doubts that the...
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