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Don Ross: Upright and Locked Position

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RogueOne4/14/2012 9:44:30 am PDT

re: #225 RogueOne

Slightly more:

The American Bar Association’s Standards for Criminal Justice advises that a prosecutor shouldn’t prosecute a case in which he doubts the defendant’s guilt, but if he believes there’s enough evidence to establish probable cause, the ABA guidelines state that it’s ethical to pursue a conviction. There’s also no requirement that a prosecutor pursue evidence that may cast doubt on the suspect’s guilt. That means it is ethical for a prosecutor, according to the ABA, to ask a jury to pronounce a defendant guilty with a degree of certainty that the prosecutor may not possess himself.