I subscribe to the Innocence Project's Facebook feed, which today posed the question, "In your opinion, how should prosecutors be held accountable when they’re caught committing misconduct?"
Now, keep in mind that I don't really think* this is a good idea (I just like the cut of its jib), but mull it over nonetheless: Prosecutors who commit misconduct should be immediately sentenced to whatever the maximum penalty is for the crime being prosecuted. In essence, misconduct in a death penalty trial would become a capital crime.
Why shouldn't it be? Misconduct in a death penalty trial is already tantamount to manslaughter. Let's make it official.
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*I'm against the death penalty; I would never make a serious argument to expand its use.
