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- Title: Prosecutorial Ethics: The Charging Decision.
- Author : Journal of the National District Attorneys Association Prosecutor
- Release Date : January 01, 2007
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 275 KB
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THIS ARTICLE IS THE FIRST in a series that will examine the ethical rules and professional standards applicable to prosecutors. The article begins with an in-depth examination of the history and development of Rule 3.8 of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct--"The Special Responsibilities of a Prosecutor," and specifically subsection (a) dealing with the charging duties of a prosecutor. This examination will include a look at the rule itself, a comparison of state variations of the rule, as well as the aspirational standards promulgated by the American Bar Association and the National District Attorneys Association. Successive articles will provide an overview of the remaining subsections of Rule 3.8, as well as some of the other rules a prosecutor most often encounters. The series of articles will end with a discussion of an inextricably intertwined issue--that of prosecutorial immunity. The goal of the articles is not to pontificate as to what should be, but rather to provide an overview of what is, all in the hope that the better informed prosecutors are, the better they can exercise their powers as both an advocate and a minister of justice, and the less likely they will find themselves on the short end of an ethical complaint. INTRODUCTION