Prosecutorial Ethics and Victims' Rights: The Prosecutor's Duty of Neutrality

Bennett L. Gershman, Pace Law School

Document Type: Article

Published at 9 Lewis and Clark Law Review 559 (2005)

Abstract

In recent years, enhanced legal protections for victims has caused victims to become increasingly involved in the criminal justice process, often working closely with prosecutors. In this Article, Professor Gershman analyzes the potential challenges to prosecutors' ethical duties that victims'participation may bring and suggests appropriate responses.

Recommended Citation

Gershman, Bennett L., "Prosecutorial Ethics and Victims' Rights: The Prosecutor's Duty of Neutrality" (2005). Pace Law Faculty Publications. Paper 122.
http://digitalcommons.pace.edu/lawfaculty/122