SOC 3730 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Due Process, Canadian Bar Association, Typification
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Found that prosecutors had a lot of pressure making cases and getting convictions. Caseload pressure; they may drop charges because it takes too much time or they feel. It could effect their creditability how well they do their job they wont get a conviction. Screening: they will go through the cases and focus on the ones in which they believe the person is guilty. The o(cid:374)es they do(cid:374)"t (cid:271)elie(cid:448)e a(cid:396)e (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:448)i(cid:272)ta(cid:271)le they (cid:449)ill dis(cid:396)ega(cid:396)d. Prosecutors use discretion as to which cases they will take. Bc, pq, nb: require prosecutors to review the case prior to the police laying the charge which may explain their high conviction rate. In ontario police lay charges then crown reviews. Discretion allows the prosecutors to have an enormous amount of power as they decide which cases move forward. Poverty can be an important element sets you up for failure in our system.