{"id":2187,"date":"2016-05-31T22:09:44","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T22:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/?p=2187"},"modified":"2016-06-11T01:37:46","modified_gmt":"2016-06-11T01:37:46","slug":"disapproval-of-prosecutors-about-to-hit-a-tipping-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/?p=2187","title":{"rendered":"Disapproval of prosecutors \u2018about to hit a tipping point\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2188\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2188\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2188\" src=\"http:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/160531LantiguaWilliams.jpg\" alt=\"Juleyka Lantigua-Williams\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/160531LantiguaWilliams.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/160531LantiguaWilliams-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2188\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Juleyka Lantigua-Williams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">May 31, 2016<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA consensus is building around the need to seriously rethink the role of the prosecutor in the administration of justice. Power dynamics are unbalanced, sentencing guidelines are outdated, and old-fashioned human biases persist. And prosecutors \u2013 singularly independent agents in a justice system roiling in turmoil \u2013 have been facing growing criticism and public distrust for some time, and that disapproval is about to hit a tipping point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time to curtail the power long held by these officers of the court as they promote justice, ensure fairness, and enhance public safety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>\u2013 From \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2016\/05\/are-prosecutors-the-key-to-justice-reform\/483252\/\" target=\"_blank\">Are Prosecutors the Key to Justice Reform?<\/a>\u201d\u00a0by Juleyka Lantigua-Williams in the Atlantic (May 18)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Is the North Carolina Bar ready to take the first step toward <a href=\"http:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/?p=2113\">holding prosecutors accountable<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1707\" src=\"http:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/LRDCC20.jpg\" alt=\"LRDCC20\" width=\"132\" height=\"20\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 31, 2016 \u201cA consensus is building around the need to seriously rethink the role of the prosecutor in the administration of justice. Power dynamics are unbalanced, sentencing guidelines are outdated, and old-fashioned human biases persist. And prosecutors \u2013 singularly independent agents in a justice system roiling in turmoil \u2013 have been facing growing criticism [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2187"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2197,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2187\/revisions\/2197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}