The goal of the Task Force for Prosecutorial Independence is to preserve and strengthen prosecutorial independence and enhance the American public’s understanding of the prosecutor’s critical role in maintaining the integrity of the criminal justice system.
Prosecutorial Independence Task Force
Members
Co-Chairs
- John Choi, County Attorney, Ramsey County Attorney's Office
- Ellen S. Podgor, Professor of Law,Stetson University College of Law
- Ellen Yaroshefsky, Professor of Law, Maurice A Deane School of Law, Hofstra University
Reporter
- Sara Alpert Lawson, Zuckerman Spaeder LLP
Taskforce Members
Advisory Members
- Jonathan (Jon) W. Blodgett, Former District Attorney of Essex County, Massachusetts
- The Honorable Bernice B. Donald (Ret.), United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- Kenneth Goldsmith, Sr. Legislative Counsel & Dir. for State Legislation, American Bar Association
- Alberto R. Gonzales, Former United States Attorney General, Dean & Doyle Rogers Distinguished Professor of Law, Belmont University College of Law
- Doug Jones, Former United States Senator from Alabama, ArentFox Schiff LLP
- Loretta Lynch, Former United States Attorney General, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
- The Honorable Peggy A. Quince (Ret.), Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida
- Daniel T. Satterberg (Ret.), Former Prosecuting Attorney for King County, Washington
- Larry D. Thompson, Former U.S. Deputy Attorney General, Finch McCranie LLP
Resolution 501
Urges state, local, territorial, and tribal officials to adhere to the ABA Criminal Justice Standards for the Prosecution Function (4th ed. 2017), and to ensure that efforts to address alleged prosecutorial misconduct are governed by written standards that provide reasonable notice as to what conduct is proscribed or prohibited and afford due process before a fair and impartial tribunal.