“An Odd, Almost Senseless Series of Events” (2018)

Re:“An Odd, Almost Senseless Series of Events” (2018) by tokai on Friday November 13, 2020 @08:01AM (#25081704)

>Only toward the mid-20th century did that view begin to shift, with courts sometimes noting that a prosecutor’s job should be to seek justice, not just win convictions.

Has the US justice system regressed? As an outsider prosecutors seems fixated on 'wins' and quotas.

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Re:“An Odd, Almost Senseless Series of Events” (2018) by beervirus on Friday November 13, 2020 @11:41AM (#25084052)

I have known several prosecutors, and none of them want to convict an innocent person.

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Re:“An Odd, Almost Senseless Series of Events” (2018) by halfnormalform on Friday November 13, 2020 @12:06PM (#25084425)

None of the drivers want to get in accidents either!

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Re:“An Odd, Almost Senseless Series of Events” (2018) by beervirus on Friday November 13, 2020 @01:53PM (#25085957)

But the question was about what prosecutors are trying to do.

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