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• The analysis showed that from 2013 to 2016, about 9% of all cases resolved in immigration court were closed as a result of the Obama administration’s policies of prosecutorial discretion.

  Immigration Prosecutors Were Told Not to Push for Deportation in Cases Like His. He Was Ordered Deported the Next Day. | by Dara Lind | July 27, 2021 | ProPublica

• He also pointed to a 2020 Fourth Appellate District ruling in which judges concluded that “prosecutorial flexibility” in infraction cases is a good thing.

  City Attorney’s Hands-Off Approach to Infractions Means Cops Act as Prosecutors | Jesse Marx | July 19, 2021 | Voice of San Diego

• More broadly, Honig’s reliance on the idea of prosecutorial virtue makes for odd reading in a political moment characterized, in part, by increased skepticism toward prosecutors and criminal justice.

  An indictment of William Barr’s tenure as attorney general | Quinta Jurecic | July 9, 2021 | Washington Post

• The Attorney General holds the most powers of any prosecutor, and so much of our system depends on trusting in prosecutorial judgment and discretion and goodwill.

  ‘Off the Rails.’ How a Veteran Prosecutor Sees Bill Barr’s Legacy | Philip Elliott | July 6, 2021 | Time

• She is vying to lead one of the most prestigious prosecutorial offices in the country.

  Leading Manhattan DA Candidate Has Repeatedly Paid Virtually No Federal Income Taxes | by Robert Faturechi and Jeff Ernsthausen | June 16, 2021 | ProPublica