It’s not already against the law to provide everything?
It’s not already against the law to provide everything?
But the Supreme Court ruled that prosecutors have near absolute immunity, and judges were loathe to hold them to account.
Federal prosecutors really got out of hand. Many cite the case against Senator Stevens as a beginning, but it started quite a while before then.
The prosecutors focused on getting convictions, often for political gain, instead of fostering justice, as is their first purpose. It is as important for a prosecutor to *not* prosecute as it is to prosecute.
But with the explosion of vague federal criminal laws, nearly everyone can be found guilty of something. So *going after the man* instead of prosecuting a crime, became what many prosecutors did.
Judge Sullivan has become one of the few judges to make it his mission to reign in prosecutorial power about witholding Brady material.