Electing prosecutors is a terrible idea. Trump’s conviction shows why.

Electing prosecutors is a terrible idea. Trump’s conviction shows why.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/ZHUAKIJBGNH7TLNYCBJFHQLAB4.JPG&w=1440

In his contemplative moments, if there are such, Alvin Bragg, Manhattan’s elected district attorney, should ponder a 1940 speech given by a U.S. attorney general. Before Bragg’s next pirouette on the political stage — at former president Donald Trump’s
July 11 sentencing, where he will recommend a punishment — he should consider Robert Jackson’s thoughts on the role of restraint in the prosecutor’s profession.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/06/12/trump-prosecutor-alvin-bragg/