Selective Prosecution in the Federal Criminal Justice System?

Selective Prosecution in the Federal Criminal Justice System?
Author: Kevin H. Mabe
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Discrimination in criminal justice administration
ISBN: 9781606926840

Since July 2007, the Committee on the Judiciary and its staff have been investigating allegations that political considerations may have improperly influenced federal criminal prosecutions in a number of cases around the country. For the reasons described as follows, further action along the following lines is recommended: 1) Justice Department internal oversight offices should conduct a thorough investigation and report on these troubling allegations of selective, politically motivated federal prosecutions 2) The Committee's investigation should continue and further efforts should be made to obtain relevant documents about the cases described in this book, and 3) As part of that investigation, efforts should be made to obtain testimony from Karl Rove. This book describes the progress of the investigation on allegations of selective and politically-motivated prosecution and summarises troubling evidence regarding several federal criminal cases. Because the Department of Justice has largely refused to co-operate with the Committee's investigation, key facts remain unknown and reliable final judgements cannot be made. However, given the troublesome facts identified to date, it is clear at a minimum that current and former Department leadership has been derelict in failing to review these matters and reassure the American people that federal law enforcement is impartial and fair.

Allegations of selective prosecution

Allegations of selective prosecution
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
Publisher:
Total Pages: 516
Release: 2008
Genre: Criminal justice, Administration of
ISBN:

Allegations of Selective Prosecution

Allegations of Selective Prosecution
Author: United States. Congress
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 510
Release: 2018-01-21
Genre:
ISBN: 9781984069528

Allegations of selective prosecution : the erosion of public confidence in our federal judicial system : joint hearing before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security and the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, October 23, 2007.

Allegations of Selective Prosecution

Allegations of Selective Prosecution
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
Publisher:
Total Pages: 504
Release: 2008
Genre: Criminal justice, Administration of
ISBN:

The Politics of Federal Prosecution

The Politics of Federal Prosecution
Author: Christina L. Boyd
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2021-01-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0197554695

Federal prosecutors have immense power and discretion to decide when to bring criminal charges, what plea bargains to offer, and how to implement the federal government's legal priorities in their districts. While U.S. Attorneys take pains to emphasize their independence, we know relatively little about the extent to which politics colors federal prosecutorial staffing and decision making. The Politics of Federal Prosecution draws upon a wealth of data from 1990s to the present to examine the interplay of political factors and federal prosecution. First, the authors find that congressional and presidential politics affect who becomes federal prosecutors and how long those individuals serve. Second, the book demonstrates that signals of presidential and congressional preferences, along with local priorities, affect key prosecutorial decisions: whether to bring prosecutions, how to approach plea bargaining negotiations, and when to utilize criminal asset forfeiture to cripple criminal activities. In short, the book demonstrates that politics affects the behavior of U.S. Attorneys at nearly every stage of their service.

Prosecution Complex

Prosecution Complex
Author: Daniel S. Medwed
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2012
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0814764355

Combining his hands-on experience in the courtroom and his role as a teacher and scholar in the classroom, Medwed shows how prosecutors are told to lock up criminals and protect the rights of defendants. 'Prosecution Complex' explains why, while most prosecutors aim to do justice, only some hit that target consistently.

Arbitrary Justice

Arbitrary Justice
Author: Angela J. Davis
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2007-04-12
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0198039425

What happens when public prosecutors, the most powerful officials in the criminal justice system, seek convictions instead of justice? Why are cases involving well-to-do victims often prosecuted more vigorously than those involving poor victims? Why do wealthy defendants frequently enjoy more lenient plea bargains than the disadvantaged? In this eye-opening work, Angela J. Davis shines a much-needed light on the power of American prosecutors, revealing how the day-to-day practice of even the most well-intentioned prosecutors can result in unequal treatment of defendants and victims. Ranging from mandatory minimum sentencing laws that enhance prosecutorial control over the outcome of cases, to the increasing politicization of the office, Davis uses powerful stories of individuals caught in the system to demonstrate how the perfectly legal exercise of prosecutorial discretion can result in gross inequities in criminal justice. For the paperback edition, Davis provides a new Afterword which covers such recent incidents of prosecutorial abuse as the Jena Six case, the Duke lacrosse case, the Department of Justice firings, and more.