The duke lacrosse scandal and ethics in prosecution

Abstract

Ethics is one of the most critical issues for those who hold public offices, whether elected, appointive, or in the civil service. The issue is fundamental in the criminal justice sector since people's lives, livelihoods, and liberty are at stake whenever individuals negatively interact with the criminal justice system. Wrong accusations, being followed by unfair convictions, can usually lead to a person losing decades of their life, for which there can never be compensation enough to cure the emotional pain and injustice. Some criminal justice professionals who have engaged in ethical misconduct include state and local police, federal agencies, such as the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), state and federal prosecutors, and judges who may be local, state, or federal. In the present case, the person who engaged in unethical conduct was Mike Nifong, district prosecutor in Durham, North Carolina. His actions had a significant impact on the community and continue to affect the perception of prosecutors in the US. The analysis illustrates that his unethical actions in prosecuting the matter had an intense effect on him, his profession, and other stakeholders. At the same time, the sanctions he received were inadequate because of the potential consequences of his actions.

Case Study: Just War Doctrine

“…Insecure people tend Open Journal of Political Science to engage in battles both for psychological and political reasons. Nevertheless, human nature constitutes aggression, ego, and the need to acquire more, whereby competition inspires the ego (Tzenios, 2022); the ego gets a kick out of the perks. Wars are a transaction in which the costs of war must not considerably outweigh the benefits.…”

Cancer

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“…Initial analysis showed that 89% of histological sections of patients with stomach cancer of intestinal type contained H pylori in noncancerous tissue compared with 32% in diffuse type cancer; 25 however, results of serological analysis showed an association between H pylori and both types of gastric cancer.26,27 The association between cancer of the gastric cardia and H pylori infection is ambiguous.H pylori infection is associated with various clinical outcomes, including gastric cancer and duodenal ulcer disease. There is also evidence that infection in children and adults leads to different pathology 28. This variation in outcome seems to be related to the severity and the anatomical distribution of the gastritis attributable to H pylori 29.…”

Cancer Targeted Therapy: The Next Generation of Treatment

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