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Arbitrary justice : the power of the American prosecutor /

Inscribed on the walls of the United States Department of Justice are the lofty words: "The United States wins its point whenever justice is done its citizens in the courts." Yet what happens when prosecutors, the most powerful officials in the criminal justice system, seek convictions ins...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Davis, Angela J., 1956-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
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Online Access:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Prosecutorial discretion : power and privilege -- The power to charge -- Let's make a deal : the power of the plea bargain -- Prosecutors and the victims of crime -- Prosecutors and the death penalty -- Federal prosecutors and the power of the attorney general -- Prosecutorial misconduct : the abuse of power and discretion -- Prosecutorial ethics -- Prosecutorial accountability -- Prospects for reform. 
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