Prosecutorial misconduct
Subtitle: law, procedure, forms
By: Joseph F. Lawless.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: LexisNexis
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Newark, N.J
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781422422137
Subjects: Public prosecutors -- United States; Prosecution -- United States -- Decision making; Legal ethics -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The prosecution function; title: Grand jury abuses and how to combat them; title: Prosecutorial abuse of the decision to charge; title: The press and the prosecutor; title: Abuses of the discovery process; title: Plea negotiations, plea agreements, and pretrial strategy; title: Unnecessary delay; title: Prosecutorial abuses in jury selection; title: Prosecutorial abuses in opening and closing argument; title: Pretrial maneuvering : misconduct in the evidentiary proceedings; title: Mistrials, double jeopardy, and problems at retrial; title: Prosecutorial misconduct at sentencing; title: Actions and sanctions for prosecutorial misconduct; title: Stings, scams, future trends, and collateral attacks.