To: John Leland 1789
Yes, it’s called “prosecutorial discretion.”
The check on this is that the DA is (generally) an elected official, and if the local people don’t like his or her stance, they elect a different one.
4 posted on
08/28/2007 7:52:07 AM PDT by
MeanWestTexan
(Kol Hakavod Fred Thompson)
To: MeanWestTexan
"... and if the local people don’t like his or her stance, they elect a different one."And in SF, any DA who asks for the death penalty won't even make it to the next election.
To: MeanWestTexan; John Leland 1789
I live in Harris County TX. The county has accounted for between 15% and 20% of the total US death role executions in the US since it again became legal. The Prosecutor has to sign off an all case before they seek it.
14 posted on
08/29/2007 7:36:07 AM PDT by
Hydroshock
("The Constitution should be taken like mountain whiskey -- undiluted and untaxed." - Sam Ervin)
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