Prosecutors are given great discretion on how to “charge out” a crime. One often used approach is to issue multiple counts in the charging document also referred to as to encourage a guilty pleas and avoid trial. Some would argue this puts an incredibly unfair burden on the defendant to accept a plea of reduced time rather than run the risk of a long prison term even when they are not guilty. Or is this simply using good legal skills by the government to bring speedy justice? What are a prosecutor’s ethical duties? What role might law enforcement play in this decision?
Moral Panic
write at least eight well-written paragraphs. The first four paragraphs should summarize this three reading(s) (Susan Serrano (2003). Korematsu v. U.S.: A Constant Caution in a Time of Crisis. Koji Fukumura, (2017). When our legal system failed: The Japanese internment camps of the 1940s. Brown, Esbenson, and Geis: Chap. 5.
