Source: CounterPunch
by David S D’Amato
“Today, it would be nearly impossible to overstate the extent to which justice for the criminal defendant in the U.S. has been compromised by prosecutorial misconduct of the most serious kinds. A growing body of evidence from journalistic investigations, scholarly studies, and reports from civil liberties groups reveals a startling pattern of serious misconduct, lack of transparency and accountability, and politicized and racialized enforcement. At the center of this system of injustice and impunity is the Department of Justice. Prosecutors, especially in the federal government, wield immense power and exercise broad discretion. In criminal litigation, the government has a host of tools that are unavailable to others and that far overshadow the Bill of Rights in terms of their practical importance to real-world outcomes.” (05/14/25)
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/05/14/the-department-of-injustice/