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I’m surprised they actually got the mistrial. Prosecutorial misconduct is one of the fundamental problems facing this country…it transcends many issues dear to
by avs733 5y ago
I’m surprised they actually got the mistrial. Prosecutorial misconduct is one of the fundamental problems facing this country…it transcends many issues dear to the left and the right.
- rectang 5y agoBackpage shut down its adult services section back in January 2017. The defendants may have gotten a mistrial eventually, but they've lost years of their lives.
- avs733 5y agoexactly. And their recourse against that over reach is what? The backpage attack tracks with every other government action that uses law enforcement for moralizing.
- jtdev 5y agoThe recent trial of a certain Minneapolis police officer was riddled with prosecutorial misconduct… and due to the political shit storm surrounding the case, the misconduct was ignored or denied at every turn.
- jfrunyon 5y agoLike?
- jtdev 5y agoFailure to grant a change of venue which resulted in intimidation of defenses expert witnesses (and subsequently impacted defenses ability to procure witnesses)... Disparaging the defense in the presence of the jury. Failure to sequester the jury throughout the trial. etc.
- avs733 5y agoProsecutors don’t grant change of venue requests… Are you suggesting the courts in this country are unfair? I’m shocked. Maybe this would have more credibility if Black marijuana users were granted such a strident public defense of bad faith police and prosecutorial actions. Frankly, I’m a strong believer that many of the rights we as the public hold should not be granted to police officers. Presumption of innoncence? Nope…you are empowered by the state to enact violence, should we really rely on the courts, other state agents to act appropriately? Why?
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- jtdev 5y agoSounds like a winning approach for America’s cities. You and Lori Lightfoot can pat each other’s backs while police stop policing and urban Americans slaughter one another.
- schneidmaster 5y agoChange of venue and jury sequestration are controlled by the judge, not the prosecutor, and thus definitionally cannot be prosecutorial misconduct. And it's not misconduct for a prosecutor to disparage the defense in front of the jury unless it's extreme or falls into specific categories. Generally the prosecutor's entire job is to make the jury not believe the defense's story.
- fishywang 5y agoCan someone eli5 why is this a mistrial instead of acquit? If the prosecutor prosecuted on the wrong charge and the judge agrees on that it's the wrong charge, the defendants should get acquitted?