Abstract

This column explores whether contingent reward plans for prosecutors are ethical. After weighing arguments in favor and against such plans, the column concludes that rewards for prosecutors contingent on trial convictions are unsound.

Keywords

Prosecutors, prosecutorial ethics, contingent rewards, defendants' rights

Publication Date

2011

Document Type

Article

Place of Original Publication

Criminal Justice

Publication Information

26 (4) Criminal Justice 55 (2011)

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