[7][8] She prosecuted Jean-Marie Vianney ("Zuzu") Mudahinyuka, a leader of the Rwandan genocide,[9] in a case cited as a success of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement No Safe Haven initiative against human rights violators.
[10] In March 2009, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, in a unanimous panel opinion written by Judge Richard Posner, found that Sorensen had engaged in prosecutorial misconduct and made "a series of improper statements" which the Court labeled "false and misleading.
"[11] In the trial court case of U.S. v. Farinella, which was appealed as 558 F.3d 695,[12][13] a jury had found a Chicago businessman guilty of fraud and misbranding for relabeling 1.6 million bottles of salad dressing to extend their "best when purchased by" date, then reselling the bottles.
[14] Posner found that although relabeling "best when purchased by" dates was not a crime, Sorensen's improper argument would have required reversal in any case.
[15] Sorensen married economist Benjamin Jones on August 19, 2000.