Prosecutorial Misconduct: The System with Joe Berlinger

The 6th amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees every American the right to a speedy and public trial before an impartial jury, and the right to a defense attorney. What the 6th amendment doesn’t lay out are rules for law enforcement and prosecution. In this episode, we will highlight two cases: the ongoing efforts of parolee Derrick Hamilton to clear his name after twenty years for a murder conviction fraught with alleged police and prosecutorial misconduct and another in Queens that seems to have the earmarks of prosecutorial misconduct but is not yet proven. Every American has the right to a fair trial. The System examines two cases where prosecutorial misconduct may have led to wrongful imprisonment.