LAWS 2301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Paul Bernardo, Law Society
18 Oct 2014
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Laws 2301 november 25 lecture 10. Duties and realities of work: selecting a mode of trial, hybrid offences. Acts as minister of justice / service of justice . Assist court in understanding facts: can"t hide evidence. Be independent: stand apart from rich, poor, in between. Administrative pressure (amount of crime plenty, number of prosecutors, and the. Training in law school adversarial, but reality of job is much more negotiation-al. Prosecutorial values more managerial than adversarial or justice oriented. Great deal of discretion and little accountability; secretive process. Accountability of the attorney general to legislature. Page 210 ag issued guidelines on plea negotiations but not applied rigidly . Page 214 spectacularly unsuccessful to court opening up decision for prosecutors case: killed+ 4 babies in hospital satanic rituals around children. Nature of process adversarial of fighting and doing anything you can to win : Noises of a defence legal aid vs. paying lawyer is difference in help conflict"s with professional duties.
