The power of prosecutorial heads to intervene in private prosecutions in commonwealth countries
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Date
2022
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Loyola College of Social Sciences
Abstract
In most countries public prosecutors are responsible for prosecuting
offences. In Commonwealth countries, public prosecutors are headed
by Directors of Public Prosecution (DPP), Prosecutors General (PG) or
Attorneys-General (AG). However, for various reasons a public
prosecutor may decline to prosecute a suspect even if there is evidence
that the suspect committed the offence. It is against that background
that private prosecutions are provided for in the constitutions and
legislation in Commonwealth countries. In many commonwealth
countries, the prosecutorial head is empowered to take over and
continue with or to discontinue private prosecutions.
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Private prosecutions, Public prosecutions, Commonwealth, Prosecutor general, Attorney general
Citation
Mujuzi, J. D. (2022). The power of prosecutorial heads to intervene in private prosecutions in commonwealth countries. Loyola Journal of Social Sciences, 36(2), 97-122.