A few days ago, I wrote about not just our criminal justice system, but our entire country having lost its moorings to our Constitution. I talked about an “instrumentalist” view of the Law, which has transformed our system from one which protected our freedom and our rights into one which exists largely to control (primarily) the (poor) population.
Recently, Jeff Gamso of Gamso – For the Defense, wrote about a prosecutor who exemplifies all that is wrong with the attitude of those whose job it is to “do justice.” By his own admission, the prosecutor abhors justice and works to undermine the United States Constitution.
And he thinks that’s what Public Defenders should do, too.
