Criminal,
Constitutional Law,
California Supreme Court
Jul. 28, 2017
A clearer prosecutor rule would benefit all
Prosecutors, individuals accused of crimes, and all Californians would be better served by making it clear that a prosecutor’s ethical duty requires the disclosure of all exculpatory evidence and information, whether or not it is material, significant or only discredits evidence the prosecutor affirmatively intends to present at trial.
Michael Ogul
Deputy Public Defender
Santa Clara County Public Defenders Office
120 W Mission St
San Jose , CA 95110-1715
Phone: (408) 299-7817
Fax: (408) 998-8265
Email: michael.ogul@pdo.sccgov.org
UC Hastings
Michael is past president of the California Public Defenders Association
The public is well aware of the reality of wrongful convictions. They occur in California, not just the rest of the country. They occur in death penalty and other murder cases, not just prosecutions for minor offenses. And while hundreds of wrongful convictions have been documented in murder cases, those are only the ones we know about.
It would strain credulity to deny that the documented cases are more than a small fraction of tho...
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