”Todays prosecutors have tremendous power through their daily discretionary decisions” (Ingram, 2017, pg. 337). According to Pollock (2017), prosecutors have ethical codes they must follow, the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct; but they rarely receive sanctions for not following these rules. Based on the professional code of responsibility, a prosecutor announcing the name of any involved in a case to the media, would be a violation of ABA Model Rule 3.6(b) (Pollock, 2017). “The rule states that no statements should be given involving topics, such as the character, credibility, reputation, or criminal record of a party, suspect, or witness, the identity of a witness, expected testimony, test results, physical evidence, or any inadmissible
