Poor Senator Ted Stevens. Federal Prosecutors wrongly charged him with various crimes just before his Senatorial election in Alaska (obviously political) and then said, "Whoops. We goofed." And his case was dismissed. But not at substantial cost to him, both in losing the election, money to defend himself and damage to his reputation.
Frankly, I was guilty of pre-judging him too when I first heard the story that he had been charged, figuring he was just another corrupt politician. See how easy it is for a rouge prosecutor to ruin your life? You don't have to be convicted of anything. Charging you is enough.
But so far, no punishment for the criminal prosecutors. (Double entendre intended.) Oh, there was the threat of punishment... the DOJ was going to investigate itself. Ha! The DOJ thumbed its nose at the judge!
Well, I take that back. One prosecutor under investigation did the honorable thing and took his life. He was being investigated for withholding exculpatory evidence. Just as Glenn Savona did to me.
Unfortunately, many of this federal prosecutor's colleagues went free. And the federal judge was powerless to do anything. So what's to deter a criminal prosecutor? (There's that double entendre again.)
The problem of prosecutors withholding exculpatory evidence is rampant in our county. Well, what would you expect if they are never punished?
It's not just a problem with federal prosecutors. It happens in Prescott Arizona, per my civil right lawsuit (below).
Unfortunately, it's claimed that prosecutors, like judges, have absolute immunity from federal civil rights prosecution. That's not what the law says. That's simply fiat from the Judiciary itself. (Good ol' boys club.)
Unfortunately, absolute immunity corrupts absolutely.
God has a great solution to this problem. "If a malicious witness (or prosecutor) takes the stand to accuse a man of a crime, the two men involved in the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD before the priests and the judges who are in office at the time.The judges must make a thorough investigation, and if the witness proves to be a liar, giving false testimony against his brother,then do to him as he intended to do to his brother." (See Deuteronomy 19:18)
Don't you wish we practiced God's law? I know I do.
