TY - BOOK AU - Lawless,Joseph F. TI - Prosecutorial misconduct: law, procedure, forms SN - 9781422422137 AV - KF 9640 .L38 2008 PY - 2008/// CY - Newark, N.J. PB - LexisNexis KW - KW - Prosecutorial misconduct KW - United States KW - Local KW - Prosecution KW - Decision making KW - Public prosecutors N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The prosecution function -- Grand jury abuses and how to combat them -- Prosecutorial abuse of the decision to charge -- The press and the prosecutor -- Abuses of the discovery process -- Plea negotiations, plea agreements, and pretrial strategy -- Unnecessary delay -- Prosecutorial abuses in jury selection -- Prosecutorial abuses in opening and closing argument -- Pretrial maneuvering : misconduct in the evidentiary proceedings -- Mistrials, double jeopardy, and problems at retrial -- Prosecutorial misconduct at sentencing -- Actions and sanctions for prosecutorial misconduct -- Stings, scams, future trends, and collateral attacks ER -