The Patriot Ledger Our opinion: Wayward prosecutors should be held accountable Of the cases studied, NECIR found none in which a prosecutor has been disbarred for professional misconduct. There have been only two public reprimands for misconduct since 1974, when the state Board of Bar Overseers was created, and those two carried no fines or other punishment. “Prosecutors have more power than anyone, in many respects, […]