If you haven’t followed the case of alleged would-be 9/11 bomber Zacarias Moussaoui closely, you probably have never heard of Carla J. Martin.
Well, Martin is the federal aviation attorney who almost undermined the Moussaoui prosecution when she violated a court order that is commonly entered in criminal and civil trials by allowing prosecution witnesses to read transcripts of trial testimony that they were not supposed to see or hear until after they had testified during the trial. According to this Jerry Markon/WaPo article, Martin’s career is shot as a result of her transgression and she apparently is not holding up well:

The woman at the center of the storm is emotionally distraught, crying when she talks about the criminal investigation and feeling like a prisoner in her own apartment, Martin’s mother said last week. “She’s not doing very well. It’s terrible, devastating for her,” said Jean Martin Lay, who believes that her daughter did nothing wrong. “She doesn’t do much of anything but stay at home, as far as I know.”

According to the article, Martin remains subject to an array of federal and state investigations, all determining just how and to what extent she should be punished.
Too bad for Martin that she didn’t engage in prosecutorial misconduct against business interests that she could have parleyed into a cushy job in private practice or a promising political career.