... (ii) the extent of the harm caused by the offense; (iii) the disproportion of the authorized punishment in relation to the particular offense or the offender; (iv) possible improper motives of a complainant; (v) reluctance of the victim to testify;... Grand jury reform: Hearings before the Subcommittee on Immigration ... - Page 317by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and International Law - 1977Full view - About this book
| United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary - 1973 - 574 pages
...doubt that the accused is in fact guilty; (ii) the extent of the harm caused by the offense; (iii) the disproportion of the authorized punishment in...relation to the particular offense or the offender; (iv) possible improper motives of a complainant; (v) prolonged non-enforcement of a statute, with community... | |
| United States. Watergate Special Prosecution Force - Government publications - 1975 - 300 pages
...consider in exercising this descretion are: (ii) the extent of the harm caused by the offense ; (iii) the disproportion of the authorized punishment in relation to the particular offense of the offender; (iv) cooperation of the accused in the apprehension or conviction of others. For the... | |
| Gene Healy - Law - 2004 - 200 pages
...prosecutor should consider in declining to prosecute are "the extent of the harm caused by the offense" and "the disproportion of the authorized punishment in...relation to the particular offense or the offender." One wonders how an ambitious Safe Neighborhoods prosecutor will be able to fulfill this ethical obligation.... | |
| James R. Acker, David C. Brody - Law - 2004 - 1342 pages
...doubt that the accused is in fact guilty; (ii) the extent of the harm caused by the offense; (iii) the disproportion of the authorized punishment in...relation to the particular offense or the offender; 'Source: Reprinted with permission from ABA Standards for Criminal Justice: Prosecution Function and... | |
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