Supreme Court Case Brady V. Maryland (1963)

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The Prosecutors have a number of specific ethical obligations in addition to the prosecutorial duty to seek. When handling evidence, they have to reveal that evidence because it is essential to the successful completion of an ongoing investigation or prosecution. There is no other feasible alternative to obtain the information (www.americanbar.org). One example, provided from the textbooks is a Supreme Court case Brady v. Maryland (1963). The prosecutor is required to hand over the defense exculpatory evidence. Exculpatory evidence means that evidence that shows that the innocence of the defendant. This mandate sometimes is really vague for the prosecutors and they tend to hand over as little evidence as possible. In doing so, the prosecution
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