The power of the prosecutor : gatekeepers of the criminal justice system /
"Prosecutors have a powerful and generally little-understood role in the criminal justice system. Their important powers include accepting or rejecting cases, making decisions about dismissing charges, or moving cases to disposition and recommending a sentence - all of which can critically affe...
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Santa Barbara, California :
Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC,
[2016]
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Table of Contents:
- What is discretion and why do we care?
- Discretion and policing
- Controlling the gate to the courts
- The final accounting : from filing to disposition
- Falling apart
- DSK [Dominique Strauss-Kahn] : a rush to judgment
- The Duke lacrosse players : prosecutorial misconduct
- JonBenet Ramsey : the case that never was
- Casey Anthony : truth and consequences
- Orenthal James Simpson : the murder trial of a victim?
- Professionalism and innovation
- Lessons learned