Ethical issues facing prosecutors are very different from those confronting defense attorneys because prosecutors do not represent individual clients. Prosecutors often define their jobs as representing victims of crime and the police, but these are not typically considered to fit under the attorney–client relationship. Rather, the client of the prosecutor is the government, and for this reason prosecutors are given special responsibilities.
-In what case was it determined that a district attorney's office may not be held liable under Section 1983 for failure to train prosecutors based on a single Brady violation?

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In Connick v. Thompson (2011), the Supreme Court ruled that a district attorney's office cannot be held liable under Section 1983 for failing to train its prosecutors based on a single Brady violation, emphasizing the need for a pattern of violations to establish such liability.

Ethical Issues Facing Prosecutors Are Very Different from Those Confronting