LAWS 2301 Lecture Notes - Private Prosecution, Arson, Insanity Defense
9 Feb 2013
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Duties/principles: act as minister of justice / servant of justice /officer of the court; they are meant to act as ministers of justice, do not always do so (how they are meant to assist in the ascertainment of truth and justice) Usa: district attorney supposed to take a more political role: presume innocence until the end of the case. Will lead to backlog (your part of a bureaucracy more than a templar of justice: great deal of discretion & little accountability; secretive process there are very few checks, little accountability some say prosecutorial independency is freedom. Work is often secretive- we do not say why they proceeded as they did with charges. Accountability mechanisms: accountability of ag to legislature sometimes the ag has accountability on the part of his/her employees, but not often (prosecutor of an employee of the ag)
