Selective prosecution is a problem that can be laid at the prosecutor’s doorstep, and if proven, it’s a basis for acquittal. The problem is that it’s hard to prove, not that the prosecutor and cops aren’t responsible. (See my essay “Threat to advocacy from overdeterrence.”
Selective prosecution is a problem that can be laid at the prosecutor’s doorstep, and if proven, it’s a basis for acquittal. The problem is that it’s hard to prove, not that the prosecutor and cops aren’t responsible. (See my essay “Threat to advocacy from overdeterrence.”