The Civil Regulation of Prosecutors: Fordham Law Review - Volume 67 | Issue 6 Article 16

[covertwonole]

THE CIVIL REGULATION OF PROSECUTORS


Lesley E. Williams*

We emphasize that the immunity of prosecutors from liability in suits under § 1983 does not leave the public

powerless to deter misconduct or to punish that which occurs.... prosecutor stands perhaps unique, among

officials whose acts could deprive persons of constitutional rights, in his amenability to professional discipline

by an association of his peers.






http://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3594&context=flr

 

[AllNoles]

So you're suggesting other prosecutors are going to censure or reprimand him for this case? Not a chance.

 

[covertwonole]

So you're suggesting other prosecutors are going to censure or reprimand him for this case? Not a chance.

Not really, just saw this and thought it would provide some insight to the meggs experiment.

 

[N0laNole]

Not really, just saw this and thought it would provide some insight to the meggs experiment.

That article is 16 years old.

Furthermore, posters here won't read a two paragraph post let alone a 40 page out dated law review article.

 

[NDallasRuss]

That article is 16 years old.

Furthermore, posters here won't read a two paragraph post let alone a 40 page out dated law review article.

Why does it look like you wrote that as a Western Union telegram? All you're missing is the [stop] throughout the post to indicate the breaks between sentences.

You're right though - no one in here is going to read that.

 

[Gonolz]

That article is 16 years old.

Furthermore, posters here won't read a two paragraph post let alone a 40 page out dated law review article.

Agree on the second point, TLDR. Hmmm...16 years ago, wasn't that about the time that Willie Meggs was bullying Peter Warrick and Laveraneus Coles with FELONY grand theft charges for accepting a discount on clothes? If I recall, the value of the discount each took was well under the felony threshold, so the "honorable" Willie Meggs decided to aggregate the value under a BS conspiracy theory so he could charge the players with a felony to either keep the Heisman Trophy candidate from playing or force him to enter a guilty plea deal. Prosecutor misconduct was alive and well 16 years ago.