PROSECUTOR’S CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS ACTIVITY IN THE PRIVATE PROSECUTION FORM

The principle of mandatory criminal prosecution and the independence of public prosecutors in the Italian criminal justice system

The purpose of this article is to explain the reasons for adopting, in Italy, the principle of mandatory criminal prosecution. This rule is closely connected to the role and functions of Italian public prosecutors. The supreme guarantee deriving from the rule governing the mandatory status of criminal prosecution is to safeguard the equal treatment of all citizens before criminal law. This is p...

The place of the Principle of Proceedings within a reasonable time in the criminal proceedings

Observing a reasonable deadline throughout the criminal investigation process, as one of the most fundamental defensive rights of the accused, emphasizes the importance of reasonable expediting in the process of proceedings in a high degree of accuracy, which considers necessary for the fair trial and the desired outcome of criminal proceedings. Delivering justice within a reasonable time is on...

Career Criminal Prosecution: Potential Objectives

The Role of the Prosecution in Judging the Criminal System from a Moral and Legal Perspective

Background: Judgment of a criminal policy Resolving criminal cases in various ways and manifestations, outside the scope of official repressive measures, is a strategy of contracting criminal law derived from civil law, and its main root is in ethics and morality. In society, and given that the prosecution of a criminal case is not the main purpose of criminal law; Rather, prosecution is seen a...

The effect of the election of prosecutors on criminal trials

We examine whether elections of public prosecutors influence the mix of cases taken to trial versus plea bargained. A theoretical model is constructed wherein voters use outcomes of the criminal justice system as a signal of prosecutors’ quality, leading to a distortion in the mix of cases taken to trial. Using data from North Carolina we test whether reelection pressures lead to (a) an increas...