Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys

Read the law review articles listed in the reading assignment. Answer the following questions based on the information you learned after reading the articles: What types of misconduct can be committed, and how does it affect a defendant’s right to a fair trial? What are the functions of the prosecutor and defense attorney? Under what circumstances might prosecutors engage in misconduct? What remedies have the courts found for attorney misconduct that occurs during a criminal prosecution? Articles: Fry, T. (2012). PROSECUTORIAL TRAINING WHEELS: GINSBURG'S CONNICK V. THOMPSON DISSENT AND THE TRAINING IMPERATIVE. Journal Of Criminal Law & Criminology, 102(4), 1275. Hardy v. Cross, (565 U.S. ____, 132 S. Ct. 1626; 182 L. Ed. 2d 224 (2011) UNITED STATES v. RUIZ: certiorari to the United States court of appeals for the ninth circuit. (2009). Supreme Court Cases: The Twenty-first Century (2000 - Present), 1.