Perspective
May 3, 2011
Legally Blind: The Importance of Seeing Both Sides of a Case
The inability of prosecutors and defense attorneys to see a case from both sides has created a hyperadversarial system. By Hadar Aviram of Hastings College of the Law
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Connick v. Thompson, a Section 1983 case involving a discovery violation, is an illustration of law's insufficiency as a tool for penalizing and correcting prosecutorial misconduct. 2011 DJDAR 4526 (March 29).
John Thompson was arrested for murder and, based on an alleged accomplice's implication, also charged with an unrelated burglary. The prosecution decided to conduct the...
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