In 2001 Professor Abbe Smith asked if a person could be both a good prosecutor and a good person. Her answer was, essentially, “no.” My answer in 2018 is that only a prosecutor who focuses on the powerful, and particularly who is willing to prosecute police who do wrong, can be good
Although the American trial system has been likened to an arena in which mental combatants fight “to...
A discussion of restorative justice and its relation to prosecutorial discretion. The article gives...
There are two dominant ways to evaluate the police. The first is whether their conduct comports with...
In a 2001 essay, Professor Abbe Smith asked the question whether a good person—i.e., a person who is...
Most people who become prosecutors are honest and ethical public servants who take that job for vari...
In 2001, Abbe Smith asked provocatively whether you can simultaneously be a good person and a good p...
In a law review article written seventeen years ago, Professor Abbe Smith asked the question, “Can Y...
In an article published over fifteen years ago, Georgetown Law Professor Abbe Smith argued that one ...
When Professor Abbe Smith asked “Can You Be a Good Person and a Good Prosecutor” in 2001 (and answer...
Somehow, it is understood that prosecutors have the high ground. Most people simply assume that pros...
Nearly twenty years ago, I wrote an essay on the ethics of prosecution in a time of mass incarcerati...
In more than thirty years of criminal law practice--from public defender in Philadelphia to professo...
As the most powerful actors in our criminal legal system, prosecutors have been and remain one of th...
Often called “progressive” or “reform” prosecutors, a number of reform-minded prosecutors have been ...
A critical issue facing the criminal justice system today is how best to promote ethical behavior by...
Although the American trial system has been likened to an arena in which mental combatants fight “to...
A discussion of restorative justice and its relation to prosecutorial discretion. The article gives...
There are two dominant ways to evaluate the police. The first is whether their conduct comports with...
In a 2001 essay, Professor Abbe Smith asked the question whether a good person—i.e., a person who is...
Most people who become prosecutors are honest and ethical public servants who take that job for vari...
In 2001, Abbe Smith asked provocatively whether you can simultaneously be a good person and a good p...
In a law review article written seventeen years ago, Professor Abbe Smith asked the question, “Can Y...
In an article published over fifteen years ago, Georgetown Law Professor Abbe Smith argued that one ...
When Professor Abbe Smith asked “Can You Be a Good Person and a Good Prosecutor” in 2001 (and answer...
Somehow, it is understood that prosecutors have the high ground. Most people simply assume that pros...
Nearly twenty years ago, I wrote an essay on the ethics of prosecution in a time of mass incarcerati...
In more than thirty years of criminal law practice--from public defender in Philadelphia to professo...
As the most powerful actors in our criminal legal system, prosecutors have been and remain one of th...
Often called “progressive” or “reform” prosecutors, a number of reform-minded prosecutors have been ...
A critical issue facing the criminal justice system today is how best to promote ethical behavior by...
Although the American trial system has been likened to an arena in which mental combatants fight “to...
A discussion of restorative justice and its relation to prosecutorial discretion. The article gives...
There are two dominant ways to evaluate the police. The first is whether their conduct comports with...