Criminal Justice Ethics
Fourth Edition
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Audio Resources
- Stevens Prosecutors Won't Face Criminal Charges
- Study Finds Blacks Excluded from Southern Juries
- Ethics of Prosecutor in Duke case Questioned
Durham, N.C., District Attorney Mike Nifong appeared before the state bar on ethics charges Friday. His conduct in the pursuit of several Duke University lacrosse players is being questioned. The three young men were accused of attacking a woman hired to dance at a party. But earlier this week all charges were dropped against the men. Nifong has also apologized to the players.
- Did Justice Department Lawyers Violate Ethics?
For more than a year, a Justice Department watchdog has been investigating whether lawyers who authorized harsh interrogations violated legal ethics. Attorney General Eric Holder says the investigation is nearly done. But to get to the bottom of the case, the watchdog has to take a close look at legal ethics rules, and how they relate to torture memos.
- Bill Puts Ethics Spotlight on Supreme Court Justices
At times of partisan stress in American politics, the Supreme Court often becomes part of the game, and the ethics of individual justices become a focus of criticism.
Video Resources
- Prosecutorial Ethics and the Right to a Fair Trial: The Role of the Brady Rule (Session 1)
In Brady v. Maryland (1963), the United States Supreme Court held that a defendant's due process rights preclude a prosecutor from suppressing material evidence favorable to the defendant. Since the Court's ruling, the Brady rule has shaped the boundaries of a defendant's right to a fair trial and defined the standards of justice in the criminal system. The Case Western Reserve Law Review Symposium explores the role of the Brady rule in various elements of a criminal case, including plea negotiations, scientific evidence and capital sentencing. Participants discuss the Brady rule's impact on prosecutorial ethics in the current justice system.
- New York Ethics: The Code of Judicial Conduct
The New York Rules of Judicial Conduct are designed to provide guidance to judges and candidates for elective judicial office, and to provide a structure for regulating conduct through disciplinary agencies. In this highly informative presentation, attorney Susan Settenbrino offers viewers a comprehensive overview of the New York Code of Judicial Conduct. Specifically, Ms. Settenbrino explores the misapplication of judicial independence, and explains how to show a pattern of misconduct and identify when a judge acts inappropriately or unlawfully. Ms. Settenbrino also reviews judges' disciplinary responsibilities and sheds light on disqualifications for judicial violations.
- Legal Ethics in an Age of Technology
Some of you are probably thinking, "Ethics? We're talking about Facebook and Twitter, here, right?" Well as you will see in this video, the more involved a legal professional gets in social media, the more likely it is that an ethical question might just fall into his or her lap.
Web Resources
- Alabama Judge accused of Telling Offenders to Give Blood or go to Jail (article)
The actions of a circuit judge in Marion, Ala., are raising all kinds of questions about the ethics of essentially sentencing someone to have a medical procedure.