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Improving Prosecutorial Accountability

Via email:Today, The Justice Project is pleased to announce the release of Improving Prosecutorial Accountability: A Policy Review, which analyzes prosecutorial misconduct and presents comprehensive recommendations to improve the accountability of our nation's prosecutors. Prosecutors are arguably the most powerful figures in the criminal justice system. Because of their role, the decisions made by prosecutors invariably have an enormous impact on defendants, victims, and their respective families. However, the responsibility of a prosecutor is not to simply seek convictions, but to seek justice. This means that, in addition to convicting the guilty, the prosecutor has a duty to protect the innocent and guard the rights of the accused. But because of a dangerous and pervasive lack of prosecutorial accountability throughout the criminal justice system, prosecutorial misconduct has become a widespread problem, leading to flawed verdicts in our courtrooms and the wrongful convictions of innocent people...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on April 13, 2009 (boomark / email).