Jessica Weigel
March 26, 2019 | New York Law Journal
It's Time to Amend the Jencks ActThe claim that early production of witness statements threatens to engender perjury and obstruction is based on the notion—inimical to our system of justice—that every person charged with a crime is guilty and likely to flout the law in order to escape punishment. A statute that rests on this presumption is, in 2019, long overdue for reform.
By Darren LaVerne and Jessica Weigel
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