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re: Did Holder's "I'm a black man" comments arguably violate Ethics rules?
Posted on 8/24/14 at 10:29 am to Vegas Bengal
Posted on 8/24/14 at 10:29 am to Vegas Bengal
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From the article above --
Here's a rule that applies to AG Holder:
" The issue in Ferguson is possible police misconduct. Investigating such misconduct is the responsibility of the Criminal Section of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. The primary mission of this Section is to prosecute individual police officers under 18 U.S.C. §§ 241 and 242. These criminal statutes prohibit officials who are acting under color of law from willfully depriving individuals “of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States.”
If the manager and supervisor of the prosecuting attorney in a Civil Rights case makes a public statement that creates in inference that the accused was motivated by racial bias and prejudice, does this create a reasonable likelihood that the accused's right to a fair trial is adversely affected?
If your Boss tells you that he thinks a case on your desk involves racial prejudice, are you more or less likely to prosecute the case?
Did Holder affect the independent judgment that a US Attorney must have when exercising prosecutorial discretion?
Is it even ARGUABLE that he did?
Why would any competent US Attorney General generate such grist for the legal mill of the defense attorney?
From the article above --
Here's a rule that applies to AG Holder:
" The issue in Ferguson is possible police misconduct. Investigating such misconduct is the responsibility of the Criminal Section of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. The primary mission of this Section is to prosecute individual police officers under 18 U.S.C. §§ 241 and 242. These criminal statutes prohibit officials who are acting under color of law from willfully depriving individuals “of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States.”
If the manager and supervisor of the prosecuting attorney in a Civil Rights case makes a public statement that creates in inference that the accused was motivated by racial bias and prejudice, does this create a reasonable likelihood that the accused's right to a fair trial is adversely affected?
If your Boss tells you that he thinks a case on your desk involves racial prejudice, are you more or less likely to prosecute the case?
Did Holder affect the independent judgment that a US Attorney must have when exercising prosecutorial discretion?
Is it even ARGUABLE that he did?
Why would any competent US Attorney General generate such grist for the legal mill of the defense attorney?
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