Comments on: Another Overturned Death Sentence, but What Happens to the Misbehaving Prosecutors? http://www.theagitator.com/2012/08/28/another-overturned-death-sentence-but-what-happens-to-the-misbehaving-prosecutors/ It rankles me when somebody tries to tell somebody what to do. Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:06:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Is Prosecutorial Misconduct a Product of a “Few Bad Apples,” or is the Barrel Mostly Rotten? « When Tennessee Pigs Fly http://www.theagitator.com/2012/08/28/another-overturned-death-sentence-but-what-happens-to-the-misbehaving-prosecutors/comment-page-1/#comment-3760630 Is Prosecutorial Misconduct a Product of a “Few Bad Apples,” or is the Barrel Mostly Rotten? « When Tennessee Pigs Fly Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:33:22 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=26416#comment-3760630 [...] I used to believe that myself, but no longer. In fact, given what we know about human nature and the functions of boundaries, when prosecutors know that they face no consequences for their own behavior no matter how illegal or despicable it might be, we can expect stories like what recently was posted on this blog. [...]

]]> By: Is Prosecutorial Misconduct a Product of a “Few Bad Apples,” or is the Barrel Mostly Rotten? | The Agitator http://www.theagitator.com/2012/08/28/another-overturned-death-sentence-but-what-happens-to-the-misbehaving-prosecutors/comment-page-1/#comment-3757748 Is Prosecutorial Misconduct a Product of a “Few Bad Apples,” or is the Barrel Mostly Rotten? | The Agitator Thu, 30 Aug 2012 02:46:28 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=26416#comment-3757748 [...] I used to believe that myself, but no longer. In fact, given what we know about human nature and the functions of boundaries, when prosecutors know that they face no consequences for their own behavior no matter how illegal or despicable it might be, we can expect stories like what recently was posted on this blog. [...]

]]> By: William Anderson http://www.theagitator.com/2012/08/28/another-overturned-death-sentence-but-what-happens-to-the-misbehaving-prosecutors/comment-page-1/#comment-3754626 William Anderson Wed, 29 Aug 2012 11:39:57 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/?p=26416#comment-3754626 When there are no constraints upon prosecutors, we get this kind of behavior. Since the courts have ruled that prosecutors have absolute immunity no matter how much they have lied and how often they thumb their noses at Brady and other important court rulings, we should not be surprised when prosecutors decide that no rules apply to them at all.

What really is telling is that even when prosecutors decide that the U.S. Supreme Court rulings such as Brady don’t apply to them, the courts STILL refuse to discipline the offenders. So, if the justices themselves don’t care whether or not prosecutors obey their rulings, why should we be surprised when they run off the rails? Indeed, we should expect them to do just that.

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