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If the prosecutor is obliged to pursue the case couldn't they still say in court "this confession was coerced, please do not find them guilty"? If they don't, t
by harimau777 4y ago
If the prosecutor is obliged to pursue the case couldn't they still say in court "this confession was coerced, please do not find them guilty"? If they don't, then it seems to me that the prosecutor is just as guilty.
- AnimalMuppet 4y agoI don't think it would even have to come to that. Don't prosecutors have some discretion? Couldn't they just say that they do not think the case merits prosecution, and walk away? (And I see the strain between this comment and my previous one. If the prosecutor has discretion, then they have responsibility for how they use it. But the bar for coming after the prosecutor needs to be considerably higher than just a "not guilty" verdict. The prosecutor probably should be more responsible for abusing their discretion than they are. But when the pendulum moves, it often moves too far.)