{"id":1925,"date":"2023-05-26T16:40:56","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T20:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/american-criminal-law-review\/?page_id=1925"},"modified":"2025-05-12T11:09:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T15:09:19","slug":"prosecutorial-mutiny","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/american-criminal-law-review\/in-print\/volume-60-number-4-fall-2023\/prosecutorial-mutiny\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutorial Mutiny"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"page1347R_mcid4\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Elected<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">progressive<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">prosecutors<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">face<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">resistance<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">on<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">many<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">fronts<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">to<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">their <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">reforms of the overly harsh and racist criminal legal system. One of these forms <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">of resistance is particularly corrosive<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">\u2014<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">internal dissension by line prosecutors. <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">This resistance flummoxes criminal legal system reform and undemocratically <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">interferes with the will of the electorate. This resistance, which we term<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">\u201c<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page1347R_mcid5\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">prose<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">cutorial<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page1347R_mcid46\" class=\"markedContent\"> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">mutiny,<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">\u201d<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">is also unethical under the American Bar Association\u2019s Model <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Rules. Given the pervasiveness of such mutiny alongside other sources of<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page1347R_mcid9\" class=\"markedContent\"> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">back<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">lash<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page1347R_mcid47\" class=\"markedContent\"> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">to criminal system change, we argue that progressive prosecutors are not <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">the panacea to all the criminal legal system\u2019s ills as many have hoped, and that <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">resources should be focused on supporting other sources of change to the system.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/american-criminal-law-review\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/05\/60-4_prosecutorial-mutiny.pdf\">Read More.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elected progressive prosecutors face resistance on many fronts to their reforms of the overly harsh and racist criminal legal system. 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