Publication Date

2018

Journal

Fordham Law Review Online

Abstract

In a 2001 essay, Professor Abbe Smith asked the question whether a good person—i.e., a person who is committed to social justice—can be a good prosecutor. Although she acknowledged some hope that the answer to her question could be “yes,” Professor Smith concluded that the answer then was “no”—in part because she saw individual prosecutors generally as having very little discretion to “temper the harsh reality of the criminal justice system.” In this Online Symposium revisiting Professor Smith’s question seventeen years later, my answer to her question is “yes”—a good person can be a good prosecutor.

Volume

87

First Page

30

Last Page

34

Publisher

Fordham University School of Law

Keywords

Criminal Law and Procedure, Legal History, Civil Rights, Law and Society, Law Enforcement, Legal Profession, Sentencing and Punishment, Penology

Disciplines

Civil Rights and Discrimination | Criminal Law | Criminal Procedure | Law | Law and Society | Law Enforcement and Corrections | Legal History | Legal Profession

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