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Failure to grant a change of venue which resulted in intimidation of defenses expert witnesses (and subsequently impacted defenses ability to procure witnesses)... Disparaging the defense in the presence of the jury. Failure to sequester the jury throughout the trial. etc.

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Prosecutors don’t grant change of venue requests…

Are you suggesting the courts in this country are unfair? I’m shocked. Maybe this would have more credibility if Black marijuana users were granted such a strident public defense of bad faith police and prosecutorial actions.

Frankly, I’m a strong believer that many of the rights we as the public hold should not be granted to police officers. Presumption of innoncence? Nope…you are empowered by the state to enact violence, should we really rely on the courts, other state agents to act appropriately? Why?

Change of venue and jury sequestration are controlled by the judge, not the prosecutor, and thus definitionally cannot be prosecutorial misconduct. And it's not misconduct for a prosecutor to disparage the defense in front of the jury unless it's extreme or falls into specific categories. Generally the prosecutor's entire job is to make the jury not believe the defense's story.

The prosecution fought against a change of venue.

That is quite literally their job.

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