Prosecuted Prosecutor

Author : Bianca M Forde
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 1735769703

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Prosecuted Prosecutor by Bianca M Forde Pdf

From the heart of a bold and brilliant thought-leader comes this compelling memoir and call-to-action, which fills a gaping hole in criminal justice reform literature, and does so in a way that only Bianca M. Forde can. Uniquely qualified, following a racially motivated arrest that paradoxically labeled her as both prosecuted and prosecutor, Forde provides an authentic analysis of how prosecutors can truly fulfill their mandate as servants of the law. She tackles the taboo topics that prosecutors are best positioned, but often lack courage, to discuss-from inequities in charging decisions and blind spots affecting Brady disclosures; to dispassionate requests for detention, and detached sentencing recommendations. She candidly shares her evolution as a prosecutor in hopes of accelerating the maturity of rookie prosecutors, inspiring a new way of thinking among veteran prosecutors, and educating community members on why they must rock the local vote. If mass incarceration is the disease; Forde is firmly convinced that justice-minded prosecution is, in large part, the cure. This book elevates the conversation on prosecutorial discretion to a new height, and provides practical guidance from an insider that promises to disrupt the status quo. This book is much more than a memoir; it is a movement.

Author : Brian A. Grosman
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1978-12-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781487597955

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The Prosecutor by Brian A. Grosman Pdf

Every day decisions made by prosecutors, before trial takes place, critically affect the rights of citizens; yet these decisions remain a grey area in the administration of criminal justice. In fact, there are considerable and important differences between what the prosecutor does and what the legal literature and judicial decisions say he should do. Very little is known about the powers wielded by prosecutors and the factors which influence their exercise of discretion. This inquiry focuses on the decision-making role of the prosecutor in pre-trial determinations. Professor Grosman describes and analyses the prosecutor's informal relations with the police and defence lawyers, and the significance these relationships have for the accused and for the fair administration of justice. Other areas examined include the decision to begin prosecution, the negotiated guilty plea, and the prosecutor's administrative bias. The study concludes with recommendations for judicial and legislative reform. Professor Grosman has added a preface to this edition outlining the changes that have occurred in recent years. A lucid and revealing description of the prosecutor's attitudes to criminal prosecution and its operation, this study contributes important insights valuable to lawyers and all those concerned with the administration of justice, and will be of interest to everyone concerned with social problems.

Author : Daniel S. Medwed
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781479893089

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Prosecution Complex by Daniel S. Medwed Pdf

Describes the duel roles of prosecutors in the criminal justice system--ensuring fair trials and obtaining high conviction rates.

Author : Bennett L. Gershman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10
Category : Law
ISBN : 1946074101

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Prosecution Stories by Bennett L. Gershman Pdf

As a former prosecutor, the author uses actual case stories, some famous cases and many ordinary ones, to show how prosecutors use and sometimes abuse their extraordinary power to convict wrongdoers while operating within an array of legal and ethical standards. Book jacket.

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Law and Justice
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2001-05-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780309170918

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What's Changing in Prosecution? by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Law and Justice Pdf

This workshop arose out of the efforts of the Committee on Law and Justice to assist the National Institute of Justice in identifying gaps in the overall research portfolio on crime and justice. It was designed to develop ideas about the kinds of knowledge needed to gain a better understanding of the prosecution function and to discuss the past and future role of social science in advancing our understanding of modern prosecution practice. The Committee on Law and Justice was able to bring together senior scholars who have been working on this subject as well as current or former chief prosecutors, judges, and senior officials from the U.S. Department of Justice to share their perspectives. Workshop participants mapped out basic data needs, discussed the need to know more about recent innovations such as community prosecution, and discussed areas where one would expect to see changes that have not occurred. The resulting report summarizes these discussions and makes useful suggestions for learning more about prosecution.

Author : Angela J. Davis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2007-04-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780199884278

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Arbitrary Justice by Angela J. Davis Pdf

What happens when public prosecutors, the most powerful officials in the criminal justice system, seek convictions instead of justice? Why are cases involving well-to-do victims often prosecuted more vigorously than those involving poor victims? Why do wealthy defendants frequently enjoy more lenient plea bargains than the disadvantaged? In this eye-opening work, Angela J. Davis shines a much-needed light on the power of American prosecutors, revealing how the day-to-day practice of even the most well-intentioned prosecutors can result in unequal treatment of defendants and victims. Ranging from mandatory minimum sentencing laws that enhance prosecutorial control over the outcome of cases, to the increasing politicization of the office, Davis uses powerful stories of individuals caught in the system to demonstrate how the perfectly legal exercise of prosecutorial discretion can result in gross inequities in criminal justice. For the paperback edition, Davis provides a new Afterword which covers such recent incidents of prosecutorial abuse as the Jena Six case, the Duke lacrosse case, the Department of Justice firings, and more.

Author : Law Reform Commission of Canada
Publisher : La Commission
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Attorneys general
ISBN : UOM:35112203632197

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Controlling Criminal Prosecutions by Law Reform Commission of Canada Pdf

This paper examines the role, responsibilities, and powers of the merged office of Attorney General and Minister of Justice at the federal level. Recommendations concern two major areas: the administrative structure of the combined office of the department of Justice and the office of the Attorney General, and the particular powers of the Crown prosecutor, acting under the Attorney General, to initiate, conduct, and terminate proceedings.

Author : Ronald F. Wright,Kay L. Levine,Russell M. Gold
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780190905446

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The Oxford Handbook of Prosecutors and Prosecution by Ronald F. Wright,Kay L. Levine,Russell M. Gold Pdf

The power of the modern prosecutor arises from several features of the criminal justice landscape: widespread use of law and order political rhetoric and heightened fear of crime among voters; legislatures' embrace of extreme sentencing ranges to respond to such concerns; and the uncertain or limited accountability of prosecutors to the electorate, the bar, or other political and professional constituencies. The convergence of these trends has transformed prosecution into an indispensable field of study. This volume brings together the work of leading international scholars across criminology, sociology, political science, and law - along with contributions from reform-minded practitioners - to examine a variety of issues in prosecutorial behaviour and the institutional structures that frame their behavior. The Handbook connects the dots among existing theoretical and empirical research related to prosecutors. Major sections of the volume cover (1) prosecutor performance during distinct phases of a criminal case, (2) the features of the prosecutor's environment, both inside the office and external to the office, that influence the choices of individual prosecutors and office leaders, and (3) prosecutorial strategies and priorities when dealing with specialized types of crimes, victims, and defendants. Taken together, the chapters in this volume identify the founding texts, discuss leading theoretical and methodological approaches, explain the scope of unresolved issues, and preview where this field is headed. The volume provides a bottom-up view of an important new scholarly field.

Author : Ontario. Attorney General's Advisory Committee on Charge Screening, Disclosure, and Resolution Discussions,G. Arthur Martin
Publisher : The Committee
Page : 523 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Evidence, Criminal
ISBN : 077781515X

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Report of the Attorney General's Advisory Committee on Charge Screening, Disclosure, and Resolution Discussions by Ontario. Attorney General's Advisory Committee on Charge Screening, Disclosure, and Resolution Discussions,G. Arthur Martin Pdf

Author : Emily Bazelon
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780399590030

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Charged by Emily Bazelon Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A renowned journalist and legal commentator exposes the unchecked power of the prosecutor as a driving force in America’s mass incarceration crisis—and charts a way out. “An important, thoughtful, and thorough examination of criminal justice in America that speaks directly to how we reduce mass incarceration.”—Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy “This harrowing, often enraging book is a hopeful one, as well, profiling innovative new approaches and the frontline advocates who champion them.”—Matthew Desmond, author of Evicted FINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE • SHORTLISTED FOR THE J. ANTHONY LUKAS BOOK PRIZE • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR • The New York Public Library • Library Journal • Publishers Weekly • Kirkus Reviews The American criminal justice system is supposed to be a contest between two equal adversaries, the prosecution and the defense, with judges ensuring a fair fight. That image of the law does not match the reality in the courtroom, however. Much of the time, it is prosecutors more than judges who control the outcome of a case, from choosing the charge to setting bail to determining the plea bargain. They often decide who goes free and who goes to prison, even who lives and who dies. In Charged, Emily Bazelon reveals how this kind of unchecked power is the underreported cause of enormous injustice—and the missing piece in the mass incarceration puzzle. Charged follows the story of two young people caught up in the criminal justice system: Kevin, a twenty-year-old in Brooklyn who picked up his friend’s gun as the cops burst in and was charged with a serious violent felony, and Noura, a teenage girl in Memphis indicted for the murder of her mother. Bazelon tracks both cases—from arrest and charging to trial and sentencing—and, with her trademark blend of deeply reported narrative, legal analysis, and investigative journalism, illustrates just how criminal prosecutions can go wrong and, more important, why they don’t have to. Bazelon also details the second chances they prosecutors can extend, if they choose, to Kevin and Noura and so many others. She follows a wave of reform-minded D.A.s who have been elected in some of our biggest cities, as well as in rural areas in every region of the country, put in office to do nothing less than reinvent how their job is done. If they succeed, they can point the country toward a different and profoundly better future.

Author : Agatha Christie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9354995489

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The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories (Deluxe Library Edition) by Agatha Christie Pdf

First published in 1925, 'The Witness for the Prosecution' is a short story and play by Agatha Christie, an English writer best known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, specifically those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. When affluent spinster, Emily French is found murdered, skepticism falls on Leonard Vole, the man to whom she impatiently bequeathed her riches before she died. Leonard assures the investigators that his wife, Romaine Heiliger, can provide them with an alibi. However, when questioned, Romaine notifies the police that Vole returned home late that night covered in blood. During the trial, Ms. French's housekeeper, Janet, gives damning proof against Vole, and, as Romaine's cross-examination begins, her motives come under scrutiny from the courtroom. The packed courtroom waited as Romaine mounted the stand to deliver the testimony that has made this the masterpiece of suspense and shock. The ultimate question is whether justice will prevail or not.

Author : Michael Charles Alexander
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2010-02-24
Category : History
ISBN : 0472025848

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The Case for the Prosecution in the Ciceronian Era by Michael Charles Alexander Pdf

"The Case for the Prosecution in the Ciceronian Era is primarily a work of history, as it aims to shed light on what was actually said in these ancient trials. To accomplish that goal, it also draws on classical rhetorical theory and Roman law. By systematically considering a large number of trials, the book offers a corrective to the dominance of Ciceronian defense speeches in the study of ancient Roman criminal trials."--Jacket.

Author : Brandon L. Garrett
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780674744615

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Too Big to Jail by Brandon L. Garrett Pdf

American courts routinely hand down harsh sentences to individual convicts, but a very different standard of justice applies to corporations. Too Big to Jail takes readers into a complex, compromised world of backroom deals, for an unprecedented look at what happens when criminal charges are brought against a major company in the United States. Federal prosecutors benefit from expansive statutes that allow an entire firm to be held liable for a crime by a single employee. But when prosecutors target the Goliaths of the corporate world, they find themselves at a huge disadvantage. The government that bailed out corporations considered too economically important to fail also negotiates settlements permitting giant firms to avoid the consequences of criminal convictions. Presenting detailed data from more than a decade of federal cases, Brandon Garrett reveals a pattern of negotiation and settlement in which prosecutors demand admissions of wrongdoing, impose penalties, and require structural reforms. However, those reforms are usually vaguely defined. Many companies pay no criminal fine, and even the biggest blockbuster payments are often greatly reduced. While companies must cooperate in the investigations, high-level employees tend to get off scot-free. The practical reality is that when prosecutors face Hydra-headed corporate defendants prepared to spend hundreds of millions on lawyers, such agreements may be the only way to get any result at all. Too Big to Jail describes concrete ways to improve corporate law enforcement by insisting on more stringent prosecution agreements, ongoing judicial review, and greater transparency.

Author : Victoria Colvin,Philip Stenning
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429884948

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The Evolving Role of the Public Prosecutor by Victoria Colvin,Philip Stenning Pdf

The modern public prosecutor is a figure both powerful and enigmatic. Legal scholars and criminologists often identify “three essential components” of criminal justice systems: police, courts and corrections. Yet increasingly, the public prosecutor occupies a distinct role independent from any of these branches. Acting outside of the court, and therefore largely out of the public eye, the prosecutor’s control over whether and what charges proceed to court can limit judicial discretion on sentencing, open pathways to alternative measures and even deny entry into the criminal justice system entirely. In this sense the prosecutor serves as a true “gatekeeper” to the criminal process. This book addresses key aspects of the evolving role of domestic and international prosecutors in common law and civil law systems in the twenty-first century, and the challenges posed by this evolution. This collection of chapters from respected scholars takes an international, comparative approach and explores how these different legal systems have borrowed theorisations and articulations of the prosecutorial role from each other in adapting the office to changing conditions and expectations. The volume is structured around four main themes relating to the role of the modern prosecutor: the nature of the prosecutor’s office, the role of the prosecutor in investigations, prosecutorial discretion and how it is exercised, and politicisation and accountability of prosecutors. This book is essential for scholars and students in criminal justice, pre-law/legal studies, criminology, justice studies and political science, and is useful as a resource for those interested in legal change around the world.

Author : Máximo Langer,David Alan Sklansky
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107187559

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Prosecutors and Democracy by Máximo Langer,David Alan Sklansky Pdf

The first sustained, scholarly examination of the relationship between prosecutors and democracy from a cross-national, cross-disciplinary perspective. Written by a team of internationally distingushed contributors, this is an ideal resource for legal scholars and reformers, political philosophers, and social scientists.