After reading Case Study 8.1 Prosecutor Ethics and the Pursuit of the Death Penalty, offer your response to the following questions:

In the Leitch trial, were the prosecutor's actions in line with ABA standards for prosecutorial conduct? Why or why not? Were the prosecutor's actions in line with ethical principles? Support your viewpoint using the material from Chapter 8.

Case Study 8.1 Prosecutor Ethics and the Pursuit of the | Death Penalty = In the trial of the first defendant, the prosecutor's case was that Thompson alone had raped the victim and killed her to prevent her from reporting the rape to police. And that both crimes occurred before the second defendant (Leitch) returned home. = In the trial of the second defendant, the prosecutor presented an entirely different theory of the crime - arguing that Leitch had been dating the victim and wanted her dead because she was interfering with his efforts to reconcile with his ex-wife; that Leitch had recruited Thompson to help kill her; and that both men were directly involved in the killing. = Both men were convicted and sentenced to death for the woman's murder Were the prosecutor's actions in the Leitch trial ethical? Why or why not