Brady violation
1. In football, a term describing the deflating of footballs. See Deflategate.
2. A legal term describing the affirmative duty of the prosecution to disclose any material evidence favorable to the defendant and relevant to the prosecution’s case in chief. The evidence that must be turned over is any evidence that would tend to nullify guilt or reduce culpability or punishment.
2. A legal term describing the affirmative duty of the prosecution to disclose any material evidence favorable to the defendant and relevant to the prosecution’s case in chief. The evidence that must be turned over is any evidence that would tend to nullify guilt or reduce culpability or punishment.
Deflategate v. Pats (holding that deflating footballs is uncool (i.e., a Brady violation)).