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In common law, the principle of prosecutorial discretion allows public prosecutors a wide latitude to decide whether or not to charge a person for a crime, and which charges to file. [1] A similar principle in continental law countries is called the principle of opportunity .
Ethics and Criminal Practice columnist Joel Cohen discusses prosecutorial discretion in relation to the Jeffrey Epstein case, the Mueller Investigation, and the Jussie Smollett case, and writes ...
The ruling signifies a new understanding of the trauma associated with being a victim of sex trafficking, and changes the valence of this case. ... can use his prosecutorial discretion to ...
In the United States, the principle of discretion grants public prosecutors and police significant latitude in deciding whether to charge someone with a crime and which charges to file. Therefore, the mere fact that a law is selectively enforced against one person and not against another, absent bias or pattern of enforcement against a ...
The plea agreement is concluded between the parties - the prosecutor and the defendant. Notwithstanding the fact that the victim is not party to the criminal case and the prosecutor is not a tool in the hands of the victim to obtain revenge against the offender, the attitude of the victim in relation to the plea agreement is still important.
Others have criticised victims' rights for impinging on prosecutorial discretion. [135] Victims' rights have also been criticised for shifting the focus in criminal proceedings on vengeance and personal emotion. [136]
The VOCA Fund was established under the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 and is the primary financial source for victim services in Ohio and the 49 other states, five U.S. territories and the District ...
In jurisprudence, prosecutorial misconduct or prosecutorial overreach is "an illegal act or failing to act, on the part of a prosecutor, especially an attempt to sway the jury to wrongly convict a defendant or to impose a harsher than appropriate punishment." [1] It is similar to selective prosecution. Prosecutors are bound by a set of rules ...