Policing the Prosecutors

The American Thinker ^ | 4/9/09 | clarice Feldman

[the Real fifi]

Thank you very much. Clarice

[the Real fifi]

That is a really excellent article, thank you again for flagging it.

[calcowgirl]

You're welcome. I was going to post it but I thought you might want to use it as the basis of an article, instead.

What I found most disturbing in the report (as I've seen in a few cases):

The Stevens’ case demonstrates that a culture
has developed in which prosecutorial abuse of
power occurs-—even in the most powerful and
well-funded office in the nation. This policy review
reveals that this culture, and the type of misconduct
in the stevens’ case, is prominent in jurisdictions
all over the country. (p.14)

[the Real fifi]

Yes—I’m afraid it is. It is very hard for people who want to win a case to be solely responsible for determining what is exculpatory evidence and to turn it over to the defense as the authors of this study note.
I’ve saved it because most readers have not the same interest in all this legal detail but it might be useful in an article about a specific case or ruling..

[calcowgirl]

Yep — it also had some nice quotes at the ending.
I may add some to my collection on my profile page.