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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Prosecutorial Discretion"”.
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The exercise of prosecutorial discretion during preliminary examinations at the International Criminal Court
This study explores the exercise of prosecutorial discretion during preliminary examinations at the International Criminal Court. The key questions it investigates are whether there is a secure legal and theoretical basis upon which such discretion can and should be exercised and whether the …
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Managing Prosecutorial Discretion Through Victim Participation in Prosecutions – a Comparative Study of the United States, Japan and Taiwan
<p>Prosecutorial discretion is emerging as an important criminal justice reform issue in the United States. Several high-profile non-indictment decisions sparked mass protests and severely damaged the reputation of the nation’s criminal justice system. Although police officers are often implicated …
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The Effect of Prior Consensual Sex between the Victim and the Offender on the Prosecutor's Decision to File Charges in Sexual Assault Cases.
… in the case. However, no study on sexual assault prosecutorial discretion, at this time, has examined the effect of prior consensual sex between the victim and the offender and the affect that it has on the prosecutor’s decision to file charges. Using data from a National Institute of Justice …
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Do the Views of the Prosecutor's Offices Have an Impact on Whether Intimate Partner Violence Cases Go To Trial?
… investigate if these laws succeed in reducing prosecutorial discretion and result in a greater percentage of domestic violence cases going to trial or if the views of the prosecutors' offices still determine which cases are brought to trial.
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International Criminal Court complementarity and non-state actors’ proceedings
… flowing from case law on jurisdiction and prosecutorial discretion under Article 53 (1)(2) of the ICC Statute. The second is that including criminal trials by non-state actors should generally be taken as inconsistent with the admissibility rules under Article 17 of the Rome Statute. The …
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Examining Racial and Ethnic Disparity in Prosecutor’s Bail Requests and Downstream Decision Making
<p>Rigorous academic research into prosecutorial and judicial decision making has been taking place for over three decades, but a great deal remains unknown about the mechanics of prosecution. A majority of the work done by prosecutors occurs outside of public view, and most research focuses on the …