Good People Should Not Be Prosecutors: A Debate
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An Oxford-style debate over whether it is possible to be a good person and prosecute in today’s criminal justice system.
As a part of the inagural symposium of the Stanford Journal of Criminal Law and Policy, the Journal, the Center on the Legal Profession, the Criminal Law Society, and the Criminal Justice Center are pleased to host an Oxford-style debate on the motion: Good People Should Not Be Prosecutors.
This event is part of the Stanford Law School Prosecutorial Discretion Symposium, being held May 16, 2014 at Stanford Law School. Please register for this panel as a part of the larger symposium by clicking here.
Moderator:
Laurie Levenson, Professor of Law at Loyola Law School; David W. Burcham Chair in Ethical Advocacy; Visiting Professor at UCLA Law
Arguing for the Motion:
Paul D. Butler, Professor of Law, Georgetown Law
David Patton, Executive Director and Attorney-in-Chief, New York Federal Defenders
Arguing Against the Motion:
Lawrence C. Marshall, Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
Laura E. Duffy, United States Attorney for the Southern District of California
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