Bruce Barket's opinions were sought by Newsday in the wake of a series of hate crime arrests surrounding a murder in Suffolk County.
Prosecutors have been aggressively pursuing plea deals with several of the many Defendants in order to build a stronger case against the main actors in the crime. Barket was interviewed about the prosecutor's approach and the dynamics of a multi-defendant prosecution.
In addition to Mr. Barket, the panel of experts interviewed for the piece included a professor of criminal law at Hofstra Law School and a professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice.