Social Media & Prosecutors
Social media can really have an adverse effect on Prosecutors and the way that they can effectively do their jobs. Social media is the go-to place for mostly every young person these days. Myself, I don’t even watch the news anymore, I have no need to. Any and everything that I need to know I will find out on social media. A lot of times when there is a high profile case that’s makes headlines on the news, it goes straight to social media. Social media will demoralize the job of the Prosecutor in a way that will spread like wildfire. If one person tweets, post a status on face book, or uploads a caption on Instagram that finds a problem with what the Prosecutor is trying to do, the whole country will know about it within the same day. It’s hard to try to protect victims involved when you have plenty of people online bashing the job you’re doing. Although, it is not the job of the Prosecutor to specifically protect the victim because they are not the victim’s lawyer, they still hold credibility to a certain extent since they deal with all actors in the courtroom. Also keeping in mind to conduct a fair trial for the accused person(s) as well can be quite challenging. I see all too often a case where someone was murdered, it immediately goes viral in a since. The prosecutor’s job is to work for the people and get the accused convicted or to decide that there isn’t enough evidence to convict. In the event the case goes to trial, anyone can attend the trial. When they trail is over, people go straight to their social media sites and talk about it. This can really discredit the Prosecutor if people know nothing about the law and how it works. And if this person has thousands of followers who agree, it can hinder the chances of the Prosecutor being re-elected for the next term. But on the other hand, social media can work in favor of the Prosecutor because it can help spread a word of a good trial and a prosecutor that did the job right...