You have got to make sure there's due process for somebody that's accused of a crime. You've got make sure they're safe.
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The central pillar of our justice system is due process. You have got to be charged with a crime. Then you can challenge those charges in a court of law with a trial.
Police and prosecutors and the courts have got to talk together.
We have to be careful about applying criminal labels to people until we're very sure.
If you're dealing with criminals, they're not going to want to go to court.
In societies that profess some respect for law, suspects are apprehended and brought to fair trial. I stress 'suspects.'
Yes, you make mistakes in the old cases where you really think you know who the suspect is, and you probably do, and you make the mistake of relying on people.
Criminal cases require strategy, and prosecutors should attempt to prove only what can be proved.
Most criminal defendants do not get adequate representation because there are not enough public defenders to represent them. There is a lot that is wrong.
You're certain to get a decision in a trial.
I'm a career prosecutor. I have been trained, and my experience over decades, is to make decisions after a review of the evidence and the facts. And not to jump up with grand gestures before I've done that. Some might interpret that as being cautious. I would tell you that's just responsible.
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