# Prosecutorial discretion

`kaal:entity:prosecutorial-discretion`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `prosecutorial-discretion`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

2 claims across 2 works, 2014 to 2014.

**2014**

- [2486570-001](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2486570-001) [mechanism/argued] -- The increasing use of non prosecution and deferred prosecution agreements has allowed federal prosecutors to expand their traditional role incrementally, marking a shift in prosecutorial culture away from an ex post focus on punishment toward an ex ante emphasis on compliance.
  > has enabled federal prosecutors to incrementally expand their traditional role, exemplifying a shift in prosecutorial culture from an ex-post focus on punish- ment to an ex-ante emphasis on compliance.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Timothy Lacine, The Effect of Deferred and Non-Prosecution Agreements on Corporate Governance Evidence from 1993-20 (2014). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2486570
- [kaal-2014-dynamicregulationviagove-025](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/kaal-2014-dynamicregulationviagove-025) [empirical/argued] -- The governance improvements documented in governmental contracts counteract or at least discount the standard criticisms of them, including unequal bargaining power, the government's lack of governance expertise, and the potential for prosecutorial abuse.
  > Concerns that may be dis- counted include the unequal bargaining power between the contracting par- ties78, the government's lack of governance expertise and training79, the po- tential for prosecutorial abuse80
  Kaal, Dynamic Regulation via Governmental Contracts (2014)

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