PROSECUTORIAL ETHICS

Ethical Standards and Opinions:

• • American Bar Association: Standards for the Prosecution Function
  • National District Attorneys Association: National Prosecution Standards
  • ABA Ethics Opinions

CPI White Papers:

• • Qualified Immunity: Striking the Balance for Prosecutor Accountability
  • Conviction Integrity Units: Vanguard of Criminal Justice Reform
  • An Epidemic of Prosecutor Misconduct
  • Roadmap for Prosecutor Reform

‘VICTIM-CENTERED:’ NEGATING THE PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE

• • Transformation of Justice
  • Judges: Faithful and Impartial…?
  • The Unethical Quest for a ‘Successful Prosecution’
  • Police Investigative Misconduct Linked to One-Third of Wrongful Convictions
    • Investigator Ethics Codes
  • Trauma-Informed: Junk Science
  • Start By Believing
  • Editorials
  • White Papers:
    • ‘Believe the Victim:’ The Transformation of Justice
    • Review of ‘Understanding the Neurobiology of Trauma and Implications for Interviewing Victims:’ Are We Trading One Prejudice for Another?  

FALSE ALLEGATIONS

• • Press release: Survey: Over 20 Million Have Been Falsely Accused of Abuse
  • 8% of Americans falsely accused of abuse — 20.4 million persons
  • 11% of men, 6% of women falsely accused
  • Divided among domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, and other forms of abuse
  • View all results

Legal Sanctions for False Accusers

• • New York State “anti-Karen” law (SB 8492)
  • Iowa (HF 821)
  • California State University system (Article VI, Notice of Allegations, I)

WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT

Wrongful convictions of sexual assault, including child sex abuse, is the second leading category of wrongful convictions, after homicide.

• Introduction
• ALI Model Penal Code for Sexual Assault
• Military Justice

PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE

The presumption of innocence has become eroded by the actions of lawmakers, criminal justice officials, the media, and others. The Center for Prosecutor Integrity is working to restore the presumption to curb wrongful convictions.

• • Introduction
  • Cornerstone of Justice
  • Causes of Erosion
  • Strategies for Restoration
  • Scholarly Works
  • Over-Criminalization
    • Resources
  • Public Opinion Survey 
  • Amicus Brief: United States of America v. Rahimi

REGISTRY OF PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT

The Registry of Prosecutorial Misconduct enables researchers, policymakers, bar disciplinary bodies, and others to identify common types of misconduct, assess trends, and compare jurisdictions.

• General Information
• Database
• Graphs: Most Common Types of Prosecutorial Misconduct
  • All Cases
  • Federal Cases
  • New York
  • Texas