SALISBURY – An examination of Wicomico County’s criminal justice system is expected to bring forth measures to promote integrity and instill public confidence.
Since August, members of the Prosecution Integrity Unit – a new division within the Wicomico County State’s Attorney’s Office – have been hard at work reviewing misconduct allegations, working through wrongful conviction claims and developing policies and procedures to ensure the integrity of the criminal justice system.
Simply put, the Prosecution Integrity Unit has been tasked with examining the system in its entirety, Wicomico County State’s Attorney Jamie Dykes explained. Unlike Conviction Integrity Units – which investigate wrongful conviction claims – she said the new division is tasked with identifying and resolving any issues within the entire prosecution process.
“Number one, we want to ensure that there is integrity within the criminal justice system. But just as important is ensuring the public has confidence in the criminal justice system …,” Dykes said. “We need to be transparent when we can be, and when we make mistakes we need to say so. We need the public’s confidence. Without it, we don’t have much.”
When the Salisbury Mayor’s wife skates with an easy sentence after attempting drug deals with students, I would say there’s an issue here!
Just obey the law , WTF is going on ? We don’t need another group of people to do this BS.
You break the law , you go to jail period . We don’t need to start kissing asses to make the criminals feel better.