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Ethical Prosecutor and the Adversary System

NCJ Number
110433
Journal
Criminal Law Bulletin Volume: 24 Issue: 2 Dated: (March-April 1988) Pages: 126-145
Author(s)
B A Green
Date Published
1988
Length
20 pages
Annotation
The author of this article, a former Federal prosecutor and clerk with the U.S. Supreme Court, takes issue with virtually every point made in an earlier issue by Professor Randolph N. Jonakait dealing with subtle problems of prosecutorial misconduct.
Abstract
He presents an interesting analysis of the boundary between behavior that is permitted by the system and behavior that could truly be considered misconduct. (Publisher abstract)