Prosecutorial Misconduct and Wrongful Convictions

 

1) Read both chapter 7 & 8 and submit a 700-1500 word (total) analysis answering any 3 of the listed questions in the “Question of Review” section found at the end of the chapters. Choose which chapter to write this assignment on.
2) Read the article titled The Relationship Between Prosecutorial Misconduct and Wrongful Convictions: Shaping Remedies for a Broken System (Joy, 2006) and answer the following questions (article can be found on the modules page and the “files” section on the left hand side) with a 500-1000 word minimum combining all questions:
a. What is the primary role of the prosecutor in criminal cases?
b. What is prosecutorial misconduct according to the author, and what key steps lead to false convictions?
c. What does the author suggest needs to change in our current court system?

 

 

 

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