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I'm sure anyone convicted by this agent's work in the past is now writing an appeal to have the conviction struck.

That is only so helpful if you've already rotted in prison for 20yrs.

Not if they took a plea bargain, as almost every federal defendant does.

Surely one could make the argument that "I only took the plea deal because the prosecution produced evidence X which I knew was fake but I couldn't prove it"?

Nope. Does not work like that. You committed - you're in.

It's like when you get an invoice for something you did not buy, and you pay even 1 dollar of it for whatever reason. You're now on the hook for all of it.

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