As a person accused of a crime, you have the constitutional right to defend yourself in court and to hire an attorney to represent you, and it is the job of the prosecutor to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that you committed the crime. This system works reasonably well, but sometimes the police and prosecutors don’t do their job as well as they should, and sometimes their conduct is simply unacceptable and in violation of the individual’s civil and constitutional rights. Criminal defense attorney Michael A. Delakas is a former New York City police officer and detective who knows when law enforcement have crossed the line or when they simply haven’t done their job effectively.