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So what do the LEO and prosecutors believe here? That she managed to conceal the money coming into her possession, that she managed to conceal the connection between her interne…
by nullc · Oct 23, 2026
Plea bargains used to be considered unethical by courts and the Bar in America pre-Civil War. We have the Reconstructionist South to thank for normalizing turning judges into fo…
by thephyber · Oct 23, 2026
I like the theory of this comment. The actual numbers probably wouldn't work, but the theory is sound. The payment for wrong prosecution would create a back pressure on the just…
by zhivota · Oct 23, 2026
Then charge them cleanly and don't artificially try to inflate charges. It is the duty of any jury to let someone off when they feel its malicious prosecution. Police, Prosecuto…
by roosterIllusi0n · Oct 23, 2026
Nobody wants their taxes raised to fund the courts and prosecutors it would actually take. It's amazing it works as well as it does.
by amanaplanacanal · Oct 23, 2026
Are there cases or jurisdictions where the outcome is not binary (guilty, not guilty), but has three options: innocent, indeterminate, guilty? With "innocent" leading to some fi…
by xenocratus · Oct 22, 2026
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A prosecutor is a legal representative of the prosecution in states with either the adversarial system, which is adopted in common law, or inquisitorial system, which is adopted in civil law. The prosecution is the legal party responsible for presenting the case in a criminal trial against the defendant, an individual accused of breaking the law. Typically, the prosecutor represents the state or the government in the case brought against the accused person. Read more on Wikipedia