It won't. A judge in Texas convicted a guy who he knew was not guilty when he was a prosecutor. Spent a couple of decades in prison before he had his conviction reversed. The former prosecutor was disbarred and got a week in the local jail.
When caught, prosecutors only get a slap on the wrist.
Good point. As long as it’s just the taxpayer getting dinged, lessons won’t be learned. Still, big settlements do shake up the system — at least enough to incite those responsible to engineer a cover-up. Well, this half-full glass seems to be emptying fast.