The principal issues addressed in the survey are:• Should Rule 16 be amended to address pretrial disclosure of exculpatory and Giglio information? • Do federal prosecutors and defense attorneys understand their pretrial disclosure obligations? • Do federal prosecutors’ concerns about witness intimidation, security, and privacy affect whether information or evidence is disclosed to the defense? • Are federal prosecutors viewed as fulfilling their pretrial discovery obligations? • How frequent are reverse-Jencks Act violations committed by defense attorneys? • How do courts address pretrial disclosure violations by the government and by defense attorneys? • How might the Committee’s 2007 proposal affect cooperating witnesses and crime victims? • In addition to the Committee’s 2007 proposal, are there other reform proposals that should be considered?
