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prosecutorial discretion

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n

A prosecuting attorneyÂ’s option to make choices with regard to charges, plea bargaining, sentence recommendation, and so on.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
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