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Quote by: Okieslims  Have you ever heard the phrase "professional courtesy'? I work with police officers and have personally witnessed officers receiving breaks based on "professional courtesy" on several occasions. Officers technically are still subject to punishment for violating the law, but are rarely punished.
I brought this up to point out that just because a prosecutor "can be" punished, does not mean he will be. There are inner circles in every field. If you work at 7-11, you might get to "weeze the juice", if you work at a hospital, docs will write you prescriptions, if you work as a maintenance guy at a university, you get first dibs on all the crap spoiled rich kids leave behind at years end, if you work as a part of law enforcement, you get to bend the law more than citizens do. These are all professional courtesies. They may not be right, but thats how this world works. |
The existence of a law and enforcement of it are very different. Oz made the claim that there is no way to remedy to a rogue prosecutor. Prosecutors are open to the Federal Rules of Professional Ethics and can be subject to sanction, suspensions or disbarment. The enforcement of these standards is another issue.