material to guilt or punishment, police would be encouraged to ■withhold such evidence from prosecutors until after trial.” 240 N.W.2d at 828 n. 5 (citations omitted). It is especially important to address and anticipate this potential for abuse when pursuing equality and fairness in criminal trials. “[T]he duties of a prosecutor to administer justice fairly, and particularly concerning requested or obviously exculpatory evidence, go beyond winning convictions.” Tucceri, 589 N.E.2d at 1220. The State has a unique role in the criminal justice process. Although it is indeed the prosecutor of all criminal charges, the State, should not just be in the business of obtaining guilty verdicts. See, e.g., Attorney Grievance Comm’n of Maryland v. Gansler, 377 Md. 656, 835 A.2d 548 (2003) (<HOLDING>); Walker v. State, 373 Md. 360, 818 A.2d 1078
holding that bond protecting those persons who do work or furnish materials did not protect bank lending money to contractor for payment to those persons holding that the good faith requirement of the whistleblower statute was not met where the purpose of the employee at the time of the making of reports was not to protect the public but to protect the jobs of himself and his coworkers holding parents custodial rights are a fundamental interest guaranteed due process protection holding lay persons performing tasks relating to real estate transactions were engaged in the unauthorized practice of law and explaining it is the duty of the court to protect the public from the activity of those who because of lack of professional skills may cause injury whether they are members of the bar or persons never qualified for or admitted to the bar quotation marks and citation omitted holding that a prosecutor has an obligation to protect not only the public interest but the innocent and to safeguard the rights guaranteed to all persons including those who may be guilty