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Virginia Association of Commonwealth’s Attorneys Committee on Justice and Professionalism Overview
The Committee: The Virginia Association of Commonwealth’s Attorneys (VACA) Committee on Justice and Professionalism, established in September of 2014, serves as a forum for Virginia prosecutors to share information, collaborate…
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North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys (NCCDA)
The Committee: Established in 2013, the NCCDA Best Practices Committee includes both elected district attorneys and senior assistant district attorneys, who represent a diverse collection of the state’s districts. The…
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Kansas County & District Attorneys Association’s Best Practices Committee Overview
The Committee: The KCDAA’s Best Practices Committee has 20 members, both elected district attorneys and assistant prosecutors representing small, medium and large jurisdictions from different parts of the state. The…
Read More...The Good Prosecutor
Here are some articles and a podcast about good prosecutors: The Boss Didn’t Play Politics – New York Law Journal (12/16/2016) Read Criminally Yours: What Makes a Good DA -Above…
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Statewide Best Practices Committees for Prosecutors: A Nationwide Movement
Author(s): Kristine Hamann, Rebecca Rader Brown A prosecutor’s core mission is and has always been to promote justice and to protect the community by ensuring public safety. Over the past…
Read More...Prosecutor Seminars in Law Schools
Prosecutor-focused courses in law schools are an excellent way for prosecutors to expose law students to their work and to have students available to do research on prosecution issues. Statewide…
Read More...Approaches to Reporting the Results of Investigations into Police Involved Fatalities
June 30, 2016 — Volume 15 There has been great scrutiny of police-involved fatalities and how they are handled by prosecutors. Here are four thoughtful approaches by prosecutors on how they…
Read More...Jury Instructions v. Expert Testimony
New Study: Expanded Eyewitness Jury Instruction Makes Jurors Suspicious of Any Eyewitness — Even in Strong Cases Defense attorneys are increasingly seeking expanded jury instructions on the reliability of eyewitnesses in…
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