Sentence examples for prosecutorial responsibility from inspiring English sources

Critics say that is an abdication of prosecutorial responsibility.

Real reform of police oversight needs to go well beyond a simple shift of prosecutorial responsibility.

Some, including City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, wonder if the board's new prosecutorial responsibilities will go far enough, since it is unclear whether board lawyers will have a say in picking which cases to bring to trial — a crucial ability for any prosecutor.

Our prosecutorial response tends to be reactive.

Harris's critics also charge that she has failed to take on prosecutorial misconduct — a responsibility that is "core to the attorney general's job," Simon says.

Her report does not explain why she chose to delegate that decision to Mr. Soares, except to note that Mr. Soares, as district attorney, has "original and ultimate responsibility for prosecutorial decisions regarding crimes and offenses arising in Albany County".

Mr. Fidell asserts there is a lack of prosecutions for "operational mishaps" in the U.S. military which he attributes to a "conflict of interest" between the prosecutorial discretion vested in commanders, and their responsibility for "the readiness and efficiency" of their units.

With this responsibility comes the power of prosecutorial discretion, namely the authority of an agency to decide what charges to bring and how to pursue each case.

Emily Bazelon's "Charged" is an indictment of prosecutorial excess, arguing that lawyers bear much of the responsibility for over-incarceration, conviction of the innocent and other serious problems of the criminal justice system.

Fed up with a prosecutorial government, Mr. Riordan and other executives "shrug" their responsibilities.

He echoed Guzman in questioning the responsibility of American consumers, and also criticized this country's "puritanical and prosecutorial culture" in the failed war on drugs.