Concept information
Preferred term
prosecutorial discretion
Definition
- Prosecutorial discretion is the authority of a prosecutor, or the prosecutor's or other office charged with enforcing a law, to decide whether and how to enforce the law. The outer boundary of such discretion is set by legal limitations on the prosecutor. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law & Society: American and Global Perspectives; Prosecutorial Discretion]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/prosecutorial_discretion
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