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Law Enforcement And Training, Erika Tremblay
Law Enforcement And Training, Erika Tremblay
Master in Public Administration Theses
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The Prosecutor’S Contribution To Wrongful Convictions, Bennett L. Gershman
The Prosecutor’S Contribution To Wrongful Convictions, Bennett L. Gershman
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
A prosecutor is viewed by the public as a powerful law enforcement official whose responsibility is to convict guilty people of crimes. But not everybody understands that a prosecutor’s function is not only to win convictions of law-breakers. A prosecutor is a quasi-judicial official who has a duty to promote justice to the entire community, including those people charged with crimes. Indeed, an overriding function of a prosecutor is to ensure that innocent people not get convicted and punished.
A prosecutor is constitutionally and ethically mandated to promote justice. The prosecutor is even considered a "Minister of Justice" who has …