Exploring The Dishonest In Sabrina Butler's Case
When it comes to terms of conducting investigations, law enforcement officers were permitted to manipulate and use unjustified tactics to question the suspects. These measures have a strong tendency to eventually forced defendants into admitting a crime, whether the defendant is guilty or not. Moreover, in some scenarios, the prosecutors would even went as far as convicting defendants based on flimsy evidence and purposely overlook the solid proofs that can demonstrate defendants’ innocence. These dishonest prosecutors abandoned their responsibilities to obtain justice and to serve as the lawful agent for the people; instead, they deliberately violate the moral principles of their duties and the rights of the defendants to secure convictions. The usual forms of prosecutorial misconduct include but not restricted to: “coercing false confessions”, “lying or intentionally misleading jurors about their observations”, “failing to turn over exculpatory evidence to prosecutors”, “pressuring defense witnesses not to testify” and etc. As we have seen in Sabrina Butler’s case, less than 24 hours after she lost her child, in retrieving the answers that they wanted to hear, the local polices ambitiously demoralized and intimidated Butler. It is under these unsettling circumstances that she cave in and signed a false confession that was handed down by the prosecutors. Still, the only
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In addition, they argued that the Walter’s bruise were not created by the same wounds that formed a massive amount of internal injuries in which subsequently terminated his death. They associated this particular aspect of the medical examiner’s professional estimation with the charge of child abuse, and insisted that Butler must have beaten the Walter, rather than performing the normal procedures of
In addition, they argued that the Walter’s bruise were not created by the same wounds that formed a massive amount of internal injuries in which subsequently terminated his death. They associated this particular aspect of the medical examiner’s professional estimation with the charge of child abuse, and insisted that Butler must have beaten the Walter, rather than performing the normal procedures of