Prosecutors have discretion to low-ball charges as justice requires, and are ethically bound to do so. Sessions says to throw the book at suspects instead. This is bad for decent-minded prosecutors and corrodes public trust in government.
Not only did the prosecutor succeed in acquitting the murderer Darren Wilson, he convinced the grand jury to indict, try, and convict the unarmed murder victim Michael Brown.
A year ago last Valentine’s Day, a once-heroic South African athletic figure, Oscar Pistorius, shot and killed his live-in model girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
Zimmerman was acquitted before opening arguments because the case law shows that concepts like stand your ground only apply to certain people.
Inequities in our justice system continue to widen with wealthy, white criminals continuously managing to escape punishments faced by others
Governor Scott Walker has been implicated as not only knowing about but participating in illegal campaigning activity on the taxpayer dime.