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Nolle prosequi, [a] abbreviated nol or nolle pros, is legal Latin meaning "to be unwilling to pursue". [3] [4] It is a type of prosecutorial discretion in common law, used for prosecutors' declarations that they are voluntarily ending a criminal case before trial or before a verdict is rendered; [5] it is a kind of motion to dismiss and contrasts with an involuntary dismissal.
Witness immunity from prosecution occurs when a prosecutor agrees not to prosecute a witness in exchange for testimony or production of other evidence.. In the United States, the prosecution may grant immunity in one of two forms.
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."
The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday refused to reinstate a Florida prosecutor who was removed by Gov. Ron DeSantis after making comments opposing prosecutions for abortions or gender-affirming ...
Florida’s new anti-theft bill (HB 549) cracks down on retail theft and also what DeSantis described as the “cottage industry of porch piracy,” which is when thieves steal packages left ...
Bondi was Florida's attorney general for eight years, from 2011 to 2019. She was the first woman elected to the position. The Justice Department has more than 100,000 workers covering a broad ...
In California, there is a carefully prescribed procedure governing such request, and making disclosure without an order is a crime. The statutory scheme was developed, in part, because law enforcement departments had developed a practice of purging their files concerning misconduct claims made against their officers.
What is Form 6 in Florida? As of Jan. 1, local elected officials will be required to fill out this financial disclosure form. SB 774, ...