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...

RECASTING PROSECUTORIAL DISCRETION. Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology. 86, 3, 717, 1996. ISSN 0091-4169. "What is the definition of abuse of discretion? |...

case and instead to dismiss the charges [fr]. This principle of prosecutorial discretion in France is more similar to what is seen in common law countries...

threat to the rule of law. This concept is closely related to prosecutorial discretion. There is a divide between countries where prosecutions are inherently...

finding of prosecutorial misconduct, although a 2013 investigation found that actual discipline for prosecutorial misconduct was lacking. Prosecutors are also...

"to be unwilling to pursue". It is a type of prosecutorial discretion in common law, used for prosecutors' declarations that they are voluntarily ending...

rolled out prosecutorial discretion to Assistant Prosecutors, established the Trafficking Unit and the Hate Crimes Unit, re-engaged the Prosecutor’s Office...

not constitute administrative action under PAJA, the exercise of prosecutorial discretion by the National Prosecuting Authority is subject to review under...

memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security titled "Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children"...

High Court stated that these two provisions expressly separate the prosecutorial function from the judicial function, and that they are coequal. As such...

First Circuit held in a 2019 decision that a prosecutor is not entitled to absolute prosecutorial discretion when performing purely administrative functions...

participates in studies on prosecutorial reform, exploring initiatives to lower incarceration rates while preserving prosecutorial discretion. Her research supports...

Prosecutorial vindictiveness occurs where a prosecutor retaliates against a defendant for exercising a constitutional or statutory right by increasing...

this remedy in the law, later referred to as Deferred Action or Prosecutorial discretion. This program allows law-abiding individuals to remain in the United...

similarities with a prosecutor's decision of whether or not to bring charges, which is covered by the doctrine of prosecutorial discretion. The court rejected...

Judicial discretion is the power of the judiciary to make some legal decisions according to their discretion. Under the doctrine of the separation of...

permanent resident children. Wadhia, Shoba S. (2010). "The role of prosecutorial discretion in immigration law". Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal. 9:...

Attorney-General of Singapore's role as the Public Prosecutor is done by the AGC's Crime Division. Prosecutorial discretion grants AGC the power to institute, conduct...

false and that the investigation was "a product of gross abuse of prosecutorial discretion". DealBook, a section of The New York Times, reported through an...

that they have violated the rule are to be identified) Lack of prosecutorial discretion (for every plausibly accused person, it is determined whether the...

many cases, the exercise of prosecutorial discretion. A 2016 New York Times investigation revealed that some prosecutors charged substantial fees for...

deferred action. Judge Carolyn Dineen King dissented, arguing that prosecutorial discretion makes the case non-justiciable, and that there had been "no justification"...

chambers, a commerce chamber, a labour chamber, a criminal chamber, a prosecutorial service and various other bodies. The Court usually rules in panels...

proceedings. The policy expands the Department of Homeland Security's prosecutorial discretion policy, focusing finite resources on criminals and other threats...

usually takes into account age and severity of offense Prosecutorial Discretion: Prosecutors have the authority to file cases in juvenile court or criminal...

Labor Relations Authority (FLRA), a political appointee, used her prosecutorial discretion to dismiss all charges filed by NATCA. The United States Court...

Security Janet Napolitano on June 15, 2012, entitled “Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children...

not prosecute abortion laws under Texas statutes. The law limits prosecutorial discretion. On April 8, a Travis County resident petitioned for Garza to be...

Wilson-Raybould - SNC Lavalin bribery and fraud prosecution case. Prosecutorial discretion—A similar concept applying broadly at common law Keyzer, Patrick...

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