Seeking Justice, What Prosecutors Can Learn from Exonerations
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- General | Practical Skills
- Faculty:
- Philip Bogdanoff, Esq.
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- 1:03
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Description
A prosecutor has the responsibility of a minister of justice and not simply that of an advocate. Seeking justice is about seeking the right result in each case. In some instances, this means declining to prosecute a case
where the evidence does not support that a defendant committed the crime and in other cases this means that a prosecutor faced with newly discovered evidence that an innocent person may have been wrongfully
convicted should undertake an investigation to determine whether the conviction should be sustained.
In this presentation we will discuss the leading causes of wrongful convictions, specific cases where defendants were wrongfully convicted, the trend of some prosecutors in larger jurisdictions to form conviction integrity units and what prosecutors and law enforcement officers can learn from exonerations to prevent wrongful convictions.
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Faculty
Philip Bogdanoff, Esq. Related Seminars and Products
Philip Bogdanoff is a nationally recognized continuing legal education speaker on the topics of ethics, professionalism, and other related topics. Previously, as an attorney, he served as assistant prosecutor in the Summit County, Ohio Prosecutor’s Office for more than 25 years, beginning in 1981. Mr. Bogdanoff argued cases before the Ohio Ninth District Court of Appeals and twenty cases before the Ohio Supreme Court including six death penalty cases - before retiring as a senior assistant prosecutor.
He is the author of numerous articles on ethics, professionalism and other related legal topics and has taught the members of numerous organizations including the National Association of Legal Administrators, as well as numerous state and local Bar associations, Prosecuting Attorney's Associations, and law firms. More information about Mr. Bogdanoff is available on his Web site at http://www.philipbogdanoff.com/.
