Prosecutorial Discretion

doi:10.1017/9781009037136.006

6 - Prosecutorial Discretion

from Part II - Criminal Procedure

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 February 2022

Shannon Fyfe and

Alexander Heinze

Edited by

Kai Ambos ,

Julian Roberts and

Kai Ambos: Affiliation:
Judge Kosovo Specialist Chambers, The Hague
Antony Duff: Affiliation:
University of Stirling
Alexander Heinze: Affiliation:
Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany
Julian Roberts: Affiliation:
University of Oxford
Thomas Weigend: Affiliation:
University of Cologne (Emeritus)

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Within the criminal justice system, the presence or absence of discretion is one of the most important determinants of whether or not the system secures justice for all parties and participants. The question is where justice lies on the spectrum running between criminal law by rules and criminal law by decision. Prosecutors in German and Anglo-American criminal law occupy distinctive roles, as decision-makers, due to both the institutional and normative framework, and the presence of both role duality and role ambiguity. Since prosecutorial discretion in the context of an investigation cannot be separated from police discretion, this chapter covers all discretionary decisions during the proceedings by prosecutors and the police. The chapter thus only deals with discretionary decisions of other agents (such as judicial discretion) from a conceptual perspective since the particular, constitutionally protected position of judges affects their discretion considerably. In the words of the German Constitutional Court: ‘Police forces and public prosecutors do not enjoy independence and cannot be expected – with regard to their investigatory powers and duties – to show the same strict neutrality as judges do.’

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Information: Core Concepts in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice , pp. 169 - 218

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