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The Worldwide Accountability Deficit For Prosecutors, Ronald F. Wright, Marc L. Miller
The Worldwide Accountability Deficit For Prosecutors, Ronald F. Wright, Marc L. Miller
Washington and Lee Law Review
In democratic governments committed to the rule of Law, prosecutors should be accountable to the public, just like other powerful government agents who make important decisions. The theoretical need for prosecutor accountability, however, meets practical shortcomings in criminal justice systems everywhere. Individual prosecutors everywhere express allegiance to the rule of Law through the wise decisions made by each prosecutor and across offices as a whole. But the claim "trust us" does not in fact generate the level of public trust that one should expect in a government of Laws. Institutional strategies to guarantee prosecutor accountability all fall short of the …