Sentences with phrase «federal prosecutors tend»

Federal prosecutors tend to have extensive legal experience and are extremely skilled in getting convictions in the cases they handle.

Not exact matches

The way the federal criminal justice game is played encourages prosecutors to sit on evidence that tends to exonerate an accused.

• The opportunity to land a contract for federal public prosecutors; these tend to be geographically limited to where there are no federal Crown regional offices, or where it is otherwise not cost - effective for staff counsel to handle cases.

But, as lots of research and experience reveals in the federal system and elsewhere, having prosecutors as exercising the most sentencing discretion via mandatory minimums tends to increase sentencing disparities, not ensure that similar defendants always receive similar sentences.