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Prosecuting Misdemeanors The title of this post is the title of this book chapter authored by Jenny Roberts now available via SSRN.  Here is its abstract: Although violent crime gets the most media, public, and legislative attention in the United States, misdemeanors make up approximately 75 percent of all criminal court cases, with more than 13 million new misdemeanor cases filed each year.  This chapter discusses the role of prosecutors in the misdemeanor system.  First, it addresses prosecutorial discretion and mass misdemeanor criminalization.  Prosecutors, with near-unfettered discretionary power, are characterized as the most powerful actors in criminal cases.  Yet often, prosecutors fail to properly exercise their discretion in low-level cases or are completely absent from the charging and sometimes even the adjudicatory processes.  This is particularly problematic in misdemeanor cases, where informed prosecutorial decision-making is critical given the enormous volum

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