DSK and the Pernicious "Perp Walk" | Gene Healy | Cato Institute: Commentary

DSK and the Pernicious "Perp Walk" | Gene Healy | Cato Institute: Commentary: "The 'perp walk' — in which suspects are ritually displayed to the media, trussed up like a hunter's kill — has become common practice among prosecutors. But it's a practice any country devoted to the rule of law should reject.

'Perp walks are pernicious devices,' writes law professor Ernest F. Lidge, 'they humiliate innocent defendants, taint the jury pool and titilate the public.' Too often, they're 'used by prosecutors to build careers.'"