Exercising Of Discretion for Law Enforcement Officers, Judges and Prosecutors (Research Paper Sample)

Exercising Of Discretion for Law Enforcement Officers, Judges and Prosecutors
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Introduction
Criminal procedure is composed of the rules that regulate the inquiry into whether a violation of a criminal law has been committed and whether the person who has been accused of it really committed the crime. It involves six stages: the investigation stage, the arrest stage, the pretrial stage, the appeal stage and the serving sentence stage.
In the federal criminal justice system, broad discretion is practiced by both the prosecutors and the judges in sentencing. Discretion is the authority not to prosecute, investigate or punish to the full extent available under the law. The authority decides whether and to what extent to enforce the law in a particular case.
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