Connecticut Rules of Professional Conduct (Connecticut Practice Book) 3.8: Special responsibilities of a prosecutor

What does 3.8 require?

A prosecutor must not pursue a charge known to lack probable cause; must make reasonable efforts to see that the accused has been told about the right to counsel and how to get it and has had a fair chance to do so; must not seek waivers of important pretrial rights, such as a preliminary hearing, from an unrepresented accused; must disclose to the defence in good time everything known to the prosecutor that tends to negate guilt or lessen the offence, and at sentencing every piece of unprivileged mitigating information known to the prosecutor, unless a protective order relieves the duty; must take reasonable care that investigators, police, employees and others assisting the prosecution make no statement the prosecutor could not make under Rule 3.6; and, on learning of new and credible evidence that makes it reasonably probable a convicted defendant did not commit the offence, must promptly bring it to a court and an appropriate authority, and also to the defendant where the conviction was obtained in the prosecutor's own jurisdiction, unless a court allows delay.