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by dylanjermiah 3937 days ago
>My concern is, do heads roll at the FBI and U.S. Attorney's office after a failure like that? Is there accountability?

Who's going to hold them accountable? Those who fund them have no choice in the matter, so it's naive to expect accountability in the first place.

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A small change I would make would be to allow appellate courts to ban prosecutors and police officers. A ban meaning they can't bring cases before the court or testify. Bans could be temporary or permanent.
Yellow and Red cards, just like soccer. This idea actually has some merit.
wow... this is really clever. personal accountability and an incentive to not pursue any charges not clearly backed up by the facts.