In this episode of Just Justice, Jessica Henry speaks with attorney, former public defender, and Protect Ethical Prosecutors (PEP) founder Iris Eytan about prosecutorial misconduct, wrongful convictions, and the broad legal immunity prosecutors receive even when serious ethical violations occur.
Drawing on decades of experience in criminal defense, Eytan examines the extraordinary power prosecutors hold within the American criminal legal system, and the lasting consequences when that power operates without meaningful accountability. The conversation explores wrongful convictions, ethical violations, systemic inequities, and the institutional barriers to transparency inside prosecutors’ offices.
Jessica and Iris also discuss how disability, trauma, poverty, and marginalization shape people’s experiences within the legal system — and what accountability for prosecutors should look like in a system where prosecutors have all the power.
To learn more about Iris Eytan and the work of PEP, go to https://protectethicalprosecutors.org/
For more about Jessica Henry, go to jessicahenryjustice@gmail.com/.
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A prosecutor in Cleveland, Ohio, caught in misconduct. He was fired but went to the other side, now a defense attorney. Before he was caught, in another case, he ignored the alibi witness that came to him, and in trial he lied about the rape kit results, the defense attorney did not have the results, it was stolen, allegedly by this prosecutor, Oscar Rodriguez.