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This sort of pathology is not present on all court systems. In many countries the prosecutor is not judged on "performance" metrics like conviction rate but on
by mateo1 3y ago
This sort of pathology is not present on all court systems. In many countries the prosecutor is not judged on "performance" metrics like conviction rate but on merit as judged by his senior peers.
Objectively the job of the prosecutor is not to convict the maximum number of people but rather to establish the truth and help the judge impose proportional sentences based on facts.
It's not a foolproof system but it seems to work much better than ones with "objective" criteria
- hcfman 3y agoDo tell. Which sort of country is The Netherlands ? https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/1039807/liegende-officieren-zaak-joep-j-vrijuit https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/1039807/liegende-officieren-... https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2013/10/11/om-niet-ontvankelijk-in-fraudezaak-na-liegen-en-bedreigen-a1430794 https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2013/10/11/om-niet-ontvankelijk-in... The prosecutor who lied in the articles above was subsequently promoted to the head of the RIEC. An agency that co-ordinates all organised crime organisations investigations. Then later, he became the prosecutor for my stalking case in which he was just pretending to prosecutor my harasser because he was his asset. https://m.limburger.nl/cnt/dmf20180522_00062344 https://m.limburger.nl/cnt/dmf20180522_00062344 Surely not you say. Then why as you can read in the article above did he only ask for two months provisional community service for 10 years of stalking? A crime with a three year jail sentence.
- hcfman 3y agoOh and then he retired. Along with 6 other prosecutors ? Could it be like rats leaving a ship they thought was about to sink ? https://www.1limburg.nl/nieuws/1357826/leegloop-bij-justitie-zeven-officieren-vertrekken https://www.1limburg.nl/nieuws/1357826/leegloop-bij-justitie... The following year the head prosecutor tried to leave as well, but they made him stay where he was.