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Essay / Prosecutorial Misconduct: Win at All Costs
This notion, however, is, as some would say, a “romantic vision” of criminal law (Yang, 2013. P. 31). Protecting the innocent from a fate that should be reserved for the guilty is at the center of the indictment. Our procedures fail to achieve the most fundamental task of a just system. Organizations like the Innocence Project claim that more than 20,000 Americans could be imprisoned for crimes they did not commit (Wilkinson, 2014. P. 1101). There is a problem with absolute prosecutorial immunity; the incentives it creates. We have a system that not only does not punish bad behavior, but also often rewards