I'm sorry but it's patently not a leak if the defense attorney should have already had the information. Leaks involve information that is non-public/non-shared. The legal requirement was that this information was shared with the defense.
This is the same reason the NSA is not able to hide behind the state secrets clause for programs that are already public.
I hope this guys wins a lot of money in a wrongful termination suit. I would hope that this also results in the termination of the person abusing their position to terminate this guy.
People should absolutely never be punished when they are aiding justice, after all that is the responsibility of the prosecutor. A prosecutor should only be seeking a conviction for people they have every reason to believe is actually guilty. Padding your prosecutorial résumé by getting a win at the cost of justice should be a career ending move for a prosecutor. It's no different than a doctor breaking the hippocratic oath.
This is the same reason the NSA is not able to hide behind the state secrets clause for programs that are already public.
I hope this guys wins a lot of money in a wrongful termination suit. I would hope that this also results in the termination of the person abusing their position to terminate this guy.
People should absolutely never be punished when they are aiding justice, after all that is the responsibility of the prosecutor. A prosecutor should only be seeking a conviction for people they have every reason to believe is actually guilty. Padding your prosecutorial résumé by getting a win at the cost of justice should be a career ending move for a prosecutor. It's no different than a doctor breaking the hippocratic oath.