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Reform-Minded Prosecutors Use Charging Discretion to Benefit Communities

Loaded on March 18, 2020 by Anthony Accurso published in Criminal Legal News April, 2020, page 38
Filed under: Criminal justice system reform, Prosecutors. Location: United States of America.

by Anthony Accurso 

Now that the nation is evolving from “tough on crime” to “smart on crime” tactics, reform-minded prosecutors are making big changes by exercising their discretion on how and when to prosecute low-level offenders. 

At the highest levels of government, politicians in both parties have been ...

 

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