Full disclosure. I haven't been following 'Serial', but this is a good article on the larger role of Prosecutors, especially in light of the Ferguson Trial and Prosecutor Bob McCulloch's admission that he knew that witness #40 was never at the scene but decided to present her testimony as truth to the Grand Jury
<a href="http://m.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/some-witnesses-told-obvious-lies-to-michael-brown-grand-jury/article_fd6effff-fc82-5df2-a248-cb93587847c7.html?mobile_touch=true" rel="nofollow">http://m.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/some-witne...</a><p>Justice should not depend on the whims of the Prosecutor, especially since there tends to be a desire to 'win' cases rather than have justice done. This is the same problem with cops going after low level crimes (especially with people/groups with little social power, i.e minorities) and arrest quotas. Once you lose sight of the fact that justice is not about putting away as many people as possible you're on the road to hell.