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AFAIK prosecutors are motivated by convictions, not justice.
by barrkel 9y ago
AFAIK prosecutors are motivated by convictions, not justice.
- leephillips 9y agoI've heard plenty of anecdotes that suggest that this is true of many prosecutors, but other anecdotes showing that there are also good ones out there.
- rayiner 9y agoViewing it "good ones" versus "bad ones" terms is misleading. Prosecutors work in situations where (1) they constantly view the worst aspects of society; (2) the bulk of their job involves people who are obviously guilty.[1] There's some prosecutors who are just downright unethical. But for the most part, within the model of "better to let X guilty people go free than to put Y innocent people in prison," prosecutors are people who select different numbers for X and Y than other people. I think juries should be clearly educated on the limitations of DNA testing, and other kinds of forensic evidence should be banned. Then again, I recognize that for every person unjustly convicted based on lab error, there are a dozen who just want to throw that possibility out there hoping to confuse the jury enough to get an acquittal. [1] Courtrooms are open to the public, and I'd encourage everyone to go to your local federal courthouse and sit in on a dozen sentencing proceedings.