Sentence examples for prosecutors discretion from inspiring English sources

Such decisions should not be left to prosecutors' discretion.

If you have admissions out there it informs prosecutors' discretion to treat that entity even more strictly the next time".

One of the strengths of British law is that it allows the police and public prosecutors discretion as to when to apply it.

As Attorney General under President Obama, Eric Holder gave prosecutors discretion to seek lesser sentences for many federal crimes, including narcotics offenses.

The CFAA broadly defines computer crimes under terms like "unauthorized access" and "damage without authorization," which give prosecutors discretion to interpret what "authorization" means in a given case.

The guidelines, adopted in the 1970s, contain meaningful (albeit mainly procedural) limits on prosecutors' discretion.

Detectives referred the case to prosecutors, who declined to charge the boy accused by Kena, simply citing "Prosecutor discretion, consensual act" in the police report.

However limited, that would give prosecutors enormous discretion.

When judges and prosecutors have discretion over how to charge a juvenile, they use it unevenly.

Prosecutors have discretion not to pursue this kind of case at all.

There is nothing new in prosecutors exercising discretion: all prosecutions must pass a public-interest test, and this sometimes extends into social policy.