The Federal/State Criminal Prosecution Nexus: A Case Study in Cooperation and Discretion
The Federal/State Criminal Prosecution Nexus: A Case Study in Cooperation and Discretion
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联邦/州刑事起诉关系：合作与裁量权案例研究
DOI：
10.1111/j.1747-4469.2005.tb01012.x
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2005
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James Eisenstein
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作者：
Lisa L. Miller;James Eisenstein
当代对州一级检察决策的研究并不多见，而考察联邦检察官酌情决定的研究则更少。此外，几乎没有任何学术文献探讨联邦和州刑事管辖权之间日益增加的重叠。本文通过探讨联邦和州刑事管辖权之间的关系，提出了对检察自由裁量权发生的组织和政治背景的理论和实证理解。根据在大城市地区开展的几个活跃的联邦/州合作起诉计划的访谈研究，我们建议这些合作关系为地方和联邦检察官的自由裁量权开辟新的途径；限制其他法庭行为者，包括国家法官的权力；并削弱联邦和地方刑事管辖权之间的区别。
Contemporary studies of prosecutorial decision making at the state level are infrequent, and even fewer studies examine the discretionary decisions of federal prosecutors. In addition, virtually no scholarly literature examines the growing overlap between federal and state criminal jurisdiction. This paper advances both theoretical and empirical understandings of the organizational and political contexts in which prosecutorial discretion takes place by exploring the nexus between federal and state criminal jurisdictions. Drawing on interview research in a large urban area with several active federal/state cooperative prosecution programs, we suggest that these cooperative relations open new avenues of discretion for local and federal prosecutors; limit the authority of other court actors, including state judges; and erode the distinctions between federal and local criminal jurisdiction.