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Note that this wide prosecutorial description is not universal among western countries (maybe it is a common law thing?) Germany has compulsory prosecution (ht
by realityking 7y ago
Note that this wide prosecutorial description is not universal among western countries (maybe it is a common law thing?)
Germany has compulsory prosecution (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsory_prosecution https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsory_prosecution, the German article Google Translated has mich more detail) and it’s subject to review by the courts (https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klageerzwingungsverfahren https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klageerzwingungsverfahren and https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ermittlungserzwingungsverfahren https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ermittlungserzwingungsverfah...)
Note that as a result of this plea bargaining are a rare thing.