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'" (Aspen, 1997, p.95).
The primary step is to change the mindset of lawyers. They have to stop believing that they run the show and instead focus them as members of a team along with the judge to ensure that the legal system works for the innocent people in the right direction. Its important that every lawyer strikes a balance between his or her obligations to the clients and the justice system.
As a supplement, more stringent laws should be implemented and the actions of the prosecution should come under closer scrutiny to ensure that they will abide by the ethics and professional code of conduct as laid down by the lawmakers.
Plan for administrators
"Few problems can pose a greater threat to free, democratic societies than that of wrongful conviction -- the conviction of an innocent person. Yet relatively little attention has been paid to this problem, perhaps because of our understandable concern with the efficiency and effectiveness of the criminal justice system in combatting crime." (Huff, Rattner, Sagarin, MacNamara, 1986, p.518). To prevent the continuous presence of this problem, administrators should take some steps...
Based on this information, the administrators should enact laws that provide stringent punishment for lawyers who violate them.
The second step is to work along with the American Bar Association and conduct frequent workshops and seminars to encourage lawyers to inculcate ethical behavior. Also, there can be an anonymous help line that can provide solutions to lawyers who are in a dilemma between the interests of their client and the legal system. These are some of the ways to curb unethical behavior and encourage more professionalism in the criminal justice system.
References
Hon. Aspen, Marvin. (July 1997). Let Us Be Officers of the Court. ABA Journal.
Huff, Ronald; Rattner, Arye; Sagarin, Edward; MacNara, Donal. (October 1986). Guilty Until Proved Innocent: Wrongful Conviction and Public Policy. Crime Delinquency. 32 (4). 518-544.
BERGER v. UNITED STATES, 295 U.S. 78 (1935).
Miller v. Pate, 386 U.S. 1 (1967)
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