Re:Policing, Mass Imprisonment, and the Failure of American ...
by e40 on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @01:33PM
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I also think there need to be penalties for Prosecutorial misconduct. Just this morning I was listening to the tale of woe regarding Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle on the Dana Gould podcast[1]. Wow.
Clearly part of it was due to newspapers of the time just flat out publishing lies, but the prosecutor had a huge hand in what happened.
Prosecutors often overreach, even when they are not downright corrupt, and this can lead to destruction of people's lives. There need to be consequences for prosecutors that do this. And if people are to tell me there are laws on the books that cover this, then they need to be enforced a lot more, because don't hear about it happening.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roscoe_Arbuckle#The_scandal
Clearly part of it was due to newspapers of the time just flat out publishing lies, but the prosecutor had a huge hand in what happened.
Prosecutors often overreach, even when they are not downright corrupt, and this can lead to destruction of people's lives. There need to be consequences for prosecutors that do this. And if people are to tell me there are laws on the books that cover this, then they need to be enforced a lot more, because don't hear about it happening.
[1] http://www.danagould.com/hot-buttered-shame/
EDIT: added link to Dana's podcast.