Week 7

Hi! This week involved going back to my original research questions, as I might have started to deviate and delve into other territory like my last week's blog-DNA testing. This time I am going back to prosecutorial misconduct- a sad occurrence which happens countless times. I will guide you through a scenario.
1) Imagine you are a lawyer who is utterly convinced that your client was brutally murdered by his daughter.
2) You're fighting with the defense, in an effort to convince your jury to convict her.
3) You find new evidence that will completely jeopardize your case and you won't be able to get justice for your client.
4) Your duty is to hand over this information to the defense so they can defend the daughter, but your entire future and reputation rests on winning this one case. It will make you or break you.
5)You're supposed to be on the side of justice, you have to hand over this information to the defense. So what do you do? Conceal or don't feel? (after you lose your case that is.)

Story of the Day: Well that's exactly what happened in 1987 with a prosecutor who convicted Michael Morton of killing his wife. Morton's defense attorney was never given the police report which stated his three year old son has said that his dad did not kill his mother. After serving 25 years in prison, the police report was finally handed over and Morton was exonerated through DNA evidence found on a bandana at the site of the crime scene which implicated another man. Just remember though, there are always two sides to a story.