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Robert H. Jackson: “The Federal Prosecutor”

( 1940 ) Commentary by Anthony Santoro, Heidelberg Center of American Studies
  • “If the prosecutor is obliged to choose his cases, it follows that he can choose his defendants. Therein is the most dangerous power of the prosecutor: that he will pick people that he thinks he should get, rather than pick cases that need to be prosecuted.” - “The Federal Prosecutor”
  • “Only by extreme care can we protect the spirit as well as the letter of our civil liberties, and to do so is a responsibility of the federal prosecutor.” - “The Federal Prosecutor”
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