The story starts on the street with the cops, doing the job right, and getting evidence (NOT just witness statements proven to be unreliable in the majority of case!) that provides a prosecutor “probable cause” to pursue. Disclosure IS supposed to mean prosecutors reveal ALL relevant evidence to the defense prior to the trial. TV makes folks believe only one fingerprint is ever left on a drinking glass or a gun, and that all forensic evidence is developed in hours at most, and that only guilty people ever get arrested. That’s how it would be in a perfect world, but as humans, we ain’t perfect.
The story starts on the street with the cops, doing the job right, and getting evidence (NOT just witness statements proven to be unreliable in the majority of case!) that provides a prosecutor “probable cause” to pursue. Disclosure IS supposed to mean prosecutors reveal ALL relevant evidence to the defense prior to the trial. TV makes folks believe only one fingerprint is ever left on a drinking glass or a gun, and that all forensic evidence is developed in hours at most, and that only guilty people ever get arrested. That’s how it would be in a perfect world, but as humans, we ain’t perfect.