The Brady disclosure is a rule that makes the prosecution give up any evidence that is material in deciding the guilt or innocence of a defendant. This rule comes from the US Supreme Court case “Brady v. Maryland”. In this case, Maryland prosecuted John Leo Brady and Donald Dolbit for murder. Brady admitted that he was involved, but that Dolbit did the actual killing. The Supreme Court held that holding evidence that will exonerate the defendant of guilt violates due process. This is very important to law enforcement to ensure that defendants are getting a fair trial, officers are held responsible for the evidence they find and their honesty about it, and it lessens the number of false imprisonments. When an Officer lies on record, they are
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If there is evidence that point to the innocence of the defendant that must be brought out to the court and cannot be ignored or hidden away. This directly affects the defendant’s right to due process. This is important in law enforcement because it helps represent what law enforcement is for, not to lie or find someone guilty to close a case, but to find justice and enforce the laws. The Brady disclosure helps to ensure there is no lying about information found or hiding information that is found that could show the innocence of a suspect. The Brady disclosure also ensures that the court knows that an officer who is testifying or part of the case has a history of …show more content…
Employers, friends, coworkers, and family will stop trusting them. If you are known as a liar no one will take the words you say seriously. No matter how hard you try to earn the respect and trust back from someone after you lie to them, they will always second guess the things you say to them and not fully trust you. If you lie in a relationship, your significant other will not trust you anymore, if you lie at work your supervisors will always second guess your words and actions, and if you lie with your family the support everyone needs from family will be gone because they can’t trust you. Lying hurts everyone but it mostly hurts the individual who lied. In court if an officer is on the Brady cops list, the prosecution must inform the court that the Officer has a history of dishonesty for the knowledge of the
If there is evidence that point to the innocence of the defendant that must be brought out to the court and cannot be ignored or hidden away. This directly affects the defendant’s right to due process. This is important in law enforcement because it helps represent what law enforcement is for, not to lie or find someone guilty to close a case, but to find justice and enforce the laws. The Brady disclosure helps to ensure there is no lying about information found or hiding information that is found that could show the innocence of a suspect. The Brady disclosure also ensures that the court knows that an officer who is testifying or part of the case has a history of …show more content…
Employers, friends, coworkers, and family will stop trusting them. If you are known as a liar no one will take the words you say seriously. No matter how hard you try to earn the respect and trust back from someone after you lie to them, they will always second guess the things you say to them and not fully trust you. If you lie in a relationship, your significant other will not trust you anymore, if you lie at work your supervisors will always second guess your words and actions, and if you lie with your family the support everyone needs from family will be gone because they can’t trust you. Lying hurts everyone but it mostly hurts the individual who lied. In court if an officer is on the Brady cops list, the prosecution must inform the court that the Officer has a history of dishonesty for the knowledge of the