A District Attorney's job (according to the U.S. Supreme Court in Berger v. United States)“is not that it shall win a case, but that justice shall be done . . . .” 295 U.S. 78, 88 (1935). In addition to the ordinary codes of conduct governing lawyers in their jurisdictions, prosecutors operate under internal policies and ABA Standards for the Administration of Criminal Justice (1999). In particular, prosecutors are governed by the internal policies of their prosecutorial agency and they are guided by prosecution standards of ethics set out in STANDARDS RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, PROSECUTION FUNCTION (1993), the NATIONAL PROSECUTION STANDARDS (Nat’l District Atty’s Ass’n 2d ed. 1991) and the STANDARDS RELATING TO THE ADMIN. OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, PROSECUTORS AND CONFLICTS. Prosecutors, even more than other lawyers, must retain the role of advocate without becoming personally invested in a case. Prosecutors are not allowed to permit their professional judgment “to be affected by his or her own political.... or personal interests.”See STANDARDS RELATING TO THE ADMIN. OF JUSTICE, PROSECUTION FUNCTION Standard 3-1.3(f) (1993). So ask yourself, is exploiting the name and likeness of a charged private citizen BEFORE his case goes to trial in a political flyer (bragging about a "Cold Case" Unit) a breach of Ramo's ethical duties??
Flyer link @http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ramosforda.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F05%2FMailer_Ramos_Yablonsky_062010.pdf&h=d56e0
Fairly scandolous campaign practices on Ramos part, considering this mailer could force the entire trial out of San Bernardino County/change of venue because this mailer has contaminated all potential jury pools.
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