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The UK has a Crown Prosecution Service which is a public service responsible for bringing charges against people. It’s not up to HMG.
by mathieuh 7y ago
The UK has a Crown Prosecution Service which is a public service responsible for bringing charges against people. It’s not up to HMG.
- switch007 7y agoAccording to wikipedia Attorney General is responsible for the CPS, who answers to the Ministry of Justice...which is a Government department.
- M2Ys4U 7y agoAn AG interfering with or blocking the CPS from bringing a prosecution would be a _big_ deal.
- switch007 7y agoThat's one way to look at it, sure. But technically it is up to the Government though?
- StaticRedux 7y agoJustice Department answers to Trump. Doesn't mean he can tell them to just go arrest someone. No matter how many times he tries.
- switch007 7y agoThe US is not the UK