Not Above the Law: Prosecuting Police Misconduct

The Institute for Innovation in Prosecution and the Prosecutors Alliance co-host an important webinar to guide state attorneys general and local prosecutors in how to prosecute individual cases of police misconduct. Our panel features leaders in the prosecution reform and police accountability space, including:
Keith Ellison, Attorney General, MN;
Diana Becton, District Attorney, Contra Costa County, CA;
Michelle Monterrosa, Co-Founder, The Sean Monterrosa Project; and
Seth Stoughton, Professor of Law, University of South Carolina.

Our webinar’s esteemed presenters – including Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, whose office successfully prosecuted Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd – provide comprehensive strategies and tools for how attorneys general and local prosecutors can effectively approach, work through, and try cases against police officers.

Prosecuting cases of police violence and misconduct is tremendously challenging as these cases pose unique considerations for prosecutors. Few police officers who have been prosecuted for homicide have been convicted at trial, and too often prosecutors at both the state and local level are reluctant to bring charges and try officers who have inflicted criminal harms. This webinar builds off of our recent publication series as part of its State Attorneys General Police Oversight and Accountability Network on how attorneys general can effectively prosecute police officers for misconduct as well as the Prosecutors Alliance’s 2023 conference on prosecuting police violence.

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