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I do not have access to the original paper, but author's assessment that the bunching is due to prosecutorial discretion is a little puzzling to me. If it is tr
by tqi 7y ago
I do not have access to the original paper, but author's assessment that the bunching is due to prosecutorial discretion is a little puzzling to me. If it is true that prosecutors are choosing to prosecute cases that are above the cutoff at a higher rate than those below, I would have expected everything above 280g to increase, rather than a solitary spike at 280g?
- wahern 7y agoFrom Note 1: > prosecutors can charge people for amounts that are not the same as the amount seized and then notes If someone is caught with 500g you can simply charge 280g and make your life easier. If you charge 500g the defendant will argue it was just 450g, which even if irrelevant makes the case seem weaker to the jury--death by a thousand cuts. But if you charge 280g and present evidence of 500g, it makes the case seem more like a slam-dunk to the jury.
- tqi 7y agoAh interesting/makes sense - thanks for the explanation!