Prosecutor Accountability--No Crook Left Behind

Good cop and bad cop. Sure, we've seen this. Though we count on peace officers to be about peace and serving our communities, sometimes there are bad ones. They beat people up, profile according to race, plant evidence. We've also heard of bad priest and bad teachers, maybe we had one or five. These people who have roles in our lives of the utmost importance. When they screw up, we have to count on the state or some entity for accountability, for protection, and for justice. I'm not talking about Salem Witch Trials here. Bad cops, bad priests, and bad teachers should get a fair trial, evidence must be presented, and there should be a ruling body or bodies to make judgments. Checks and balances, even the president is not above these.

Now, prosecutors are no less fallible than cops or teachers, even priests. Yet, we have a fear of prosecuting prosecutors? People may not sign up for the job because they fear prison if they make a blunder? Well, no kidding. How about being an ordinary citizen and going to prison for "blundering"--happening to date someone who was raped and killed, happening to be balck in Texas, happening to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. James Woodard went to prison for 27 years for the crime, which he did not commit. He didn't even really blunder (though his alibi was that he was cheating on said girlfriend, so that is a sort of blunder).

Yes, prosecutors should face prison if they purposefully hide or doctor evidence. That is wrong and it breaks the law, and they are not above the law. Of course, this strikes prosecutors with a bit of fear, and it should if they have broken the law, screwed up the system, and allowed innocent people to go to jail.