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Originally Posted by SackAttack
But if that misconduct ends in the death of a civilian, I absolutely believe the death penalty should be on the table (of course, I feel the same about prosecutorial misconduct when the death penalty is pursued against the defendant; your desire to burnish your credentials for your political career should not turn a railroading into 'merely' a disbarment).
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Ironically, a lot of the things you're throwing out here would be prosecutorial misconduct if stated at the closing argument of a trial involving a police officer. If a prosecutor asked a jury to hold the officer defendant "to a higher standard", any conviction would be vacated and there would be a bar inquiry. That would be a relevant consideration at sentencing, but at trials generally we don't condition or deny rights or impose varying burdens of proof based upon group membership.