Problem
In the first quarter of 2010, a public defender from San Francisco accused the district attorney of outright obstruction of justice and unethical conduct by refusing to release the district's law enforcement officers' criminal and misconduct histories for use in the trial. The district attorney's office is legally obligated to hand over such information to the designated defense. By neglecting to hand over such information, hundreds of cases are in jeopardy of mistrials.
1. For each scenario, describe at least two of the ethical issues presented by the scenario.
2. Evaluate (using critical thinking) the moral permissibility of the conduct in question in each issue under the theories of virtue ethics, formalism and utilitarianism.
3. Finally, articulate your thoughts on how the ethical issues presented should be resolved.