#prosecutor problems

When I make a very reasonable offer to a case I will win by simply playing the body cam of any one of the three officers on scene, but it includes jail time because this defendant has five prior felonies, has had a gun every time, and run from officers every time, and the public defender says “he’ll do probation.”

When a guy who had his car window broken compares himself to a rape victim.

When I innocuously showed an intern photos of a victim’s bone sticking out of their arm, forgetting that most people need to be prepared to see stuff like that

Watching hours of body cam footage to piece together what happened in a case because the officers couldn’t be bothered to write a full report.

When I get asked to jump in on a case but I don’t get the file until two days before jury selection and I’m the only one who realized the indictment is completely wrong.

Stain comes out, feel a warm sense of relief.