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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.
Publication Date
2018
Volume
87
Publisher
Fordham Law Review Online
First Page
30
Keywords
social justice, prosecutor, prosecution, criminal law
Disciplines
Law
Recommended Citation
Jessica A. Roth,
The Necessity of the Good Person Prosecutor,
87
Fordham Law Review Online
30
(2018).
Available at:
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/faculty-articles/460