Prosecutorial misconduct vs. error
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 19th, 2009
We know instinctively that a simple mistake is different from misconduct. A child who spills milk doesn’t get a punishment, but one who lights the cat’s tail on fire does. What about when it’s a prosecutor in a criminal case making those mistakes or engaging in misbehavior? In other words, when is the state only being human?
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