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Originally Posted by Adder
Where is the equal protection issue with, for example, setting up a division of the state attorney general's office to handle all cop prosecutions?
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Really? A special prosecutor with exclusive jurisdiction over criminal cases based on a characteristic of the defendant? Once again, either that will be struck down in five minutes by the court, or, in the best case scenario, it will be upheld and then we’ll have all kinds of special prosecutors for all kinds of things.
If a prosecutor has a conflict of interest sufficient to be disqualified, it goes to the AG. But usually it means a preexisting relationship with the defendant or the victim that would deprive the defendant of a fair trial. Not my area in particular, but I don’t think a victim usually has an enforceable right to this prosecutor or that one.
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