The effect of the election of prosecutors on criminal trials

The effect of the election of prosecutors on criminal trials
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检察官选举对刑事审判的影响

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10.2139/ssrn.1641345
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2010
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通讯作者：
Bryan C. McCannon
Bryan C. McCannon
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作者：
Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay;Bryan C. McCannon

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我们研究检察官的选举是否会影响接受审判与辩诉交易的案件组合。构建了一个理论模型，其中选民使用刑事司法系统的结果作为检察官素质的信号，导致审判案件组合的扭曲。使用北卡罗来纳州的数据，我们测试连任压力是否会导致（a）陪审团审判中定罪的数量和比例增加，以及（b）陪审团审判和抗辩中获得的平均制裁减少。我们的实证研究结果与我们的理论预测一致。
We examine whether elections of public prosecutors influence the mix of cases taken to trial versus plea bargained. A theoretical model is constructed wherein voters use outcomes of the criminal justice system as a signal of prosecutors’ quality, leading to a distortion in the mix of cases taken to trial. Using data from North Carolina we test whether reelection pressures lead to (a) an increase in the number and proportion of convictions from jury trials and (b) a decrease in the average sanction obtained in both jury trials and pleas. Our empirical findings are consistent with our theoretical predictions.