Prosecutors tend to be strongly motivated by conviction rates, and " there are many indications that prosecutors are willing to go a long way to avoid losing cases, that when prosecutors decide to proceed with such weak cases they are often willing to go a long way to assure that a plea bargain is struck ".

If there is sufficient evidence to prosecute, Crown Prosecutors must still decide whether a prosecution would be in the public interest.

However, that is a matter on which I think the Public Prosecutors should decide ”.

When deciding what action to take, lawyers in the SFO must bear in mind the Prosecutors Code.

" According to Matt Apuzzo of the Associated Press, " Prosecutors normally insist on an informal account of what a witness will say before agreeing to such a deal.

* 2007 – Taiwan opposition leader Ma Ying-jeou resigns as the chairman of the Kuomintang party after being indicted by the Taiwan High Prosecutors Office on charges of embezzlement during his tenure as the mayor of Taipei ; Ma also announces his candidacy for the 2008 presidential election.

: " Prosecutors should never go ahead with more charges than are necessary just to encourage a defendant to plead guilty to a few.

Prosecutors often have great power to procure a desired level of incentive, as they select the charges to be presented.

Prosecutors dropped the charges for the cigarette hijacking.

Prosecutors later dropped all charges against Soong in the Chunghsing Scandal.

Prosecutors filed new charges against Khodorkovsky, alleging that he stole 350 million tons of oil, charges which Kommersant described as " Compared with the previous version, only stylistic inaccuracy has been improved, and some of the paragraphs have been swapped.

Prosecutors later dropped charges against Phelps-Roper.

Prosecutors asked a judge to dismiss the charges after an investigation determined that neither Lloyd Banks nor Young Buck was in possession of the weapons.

In his argument in favor of the bill, Senator Leahy stated, " Prosecutors can rarely justify bringing criminal charges, and copyright owners have been left to fend for themselves, defending their rights only where they can afford to do so.

Prosecutors later dropped all but one of the charges after determining most of the encounters were consensual, although with underage girls.

Prosecutors declined to re-try Gotti and dismissed the charges against him.

Prosecutors later added additional wire fraud charges, and the final indictment included a total of eight counts.

Prosecutors dropped 22 felony charges in return for his cooperation.

In January 2010, Federal Prosecutors announced that they would no longer seek to prosecute Gotti for those charges.

Prosecutors agreed to drop charges of conspiring to levy war against the United States and conspiring to provide material support for terrorism.

Prosecutors remained determined to make an example of Udall, and in 1885, he was indicted and convicted on perjury charges, related to a sworn statement he made about the land claim of a fellow Mormon.

Prosecutors claimed that Scrushy had agreed to pay over $ 500, 000 of Siegelman's debt, which he accumulated during a failed attempt to bring a state lottery to Alabama, in exchange for a seat on the Certificates of Need Review Board.

Prosecutors are charging Special Circumstances which can bring the Death Penalty.

Prosecutors used " Michelle Remembers " as a guide when preparing cases against alleged Satanists. Michelle Remembers, along with others portrayed as survivor stories, are suspected to have influenced later allegations of SRA and the book has been suggested as a causal factor in the later epidemic of SRA allegations.

Prosecutors said that Mitchell and Barzee kidnapped Elizabeth to be Mitchell's " second wife ", held her against her will in the foothills near Arlington Hills until October 8, and then took her to California, where they stayed until March 5.

Prosecutors dropped their case against Steffi Graf in 1997, when she agreed to pay a fine of 1. 3 million Deutsche Marks to the government and an unspecified charity.

Paragraph 4. 12 of The Code for Crown Prosecutors states: " A prosecution will usually take place unless the prosecutor is sure that there are public interest factors tending against prosecution which outweigh those tending in favour, or unless the prosecutor is satisfied that the public interest may be properly served, in the first instance, by offering the offender the opportunity to have the matter dealt with by an out-of-court disposal.

Prosecutors considered that the detailed letter, if in fact it was actually written by Palmera, could constitute a federal crime, which may be used against him in court.

Prosecutors have demanded a 28-year sentence against Seselj for allegedly recruiting paramilitary groups and inciting them to commit atrocities during the Balkan wars of the early 1990s.

Prosecutors said that the mob allegedly turned against Kobozev because he worked as a part-time security guard at a Brooklyn restaurant from which Nosov was ejected after a fight with a musician.

Prosecutors considered Franzese to be a high ranking member of the Colombo crime family and sought his cooperation against his former organized crime associates.

Prosecutors concluded their 54-count case against Nichols on October 14, 2008, by showing autopsy photos of his four victims.

Prosecutors launched appeals against the reductions in sentences.

Prosecutors, in their appeals against the 20-year terms faced by most of the nine, had only called for them to be upgraded to life imprisonment.

Prosecutors in Italy announced that the case against Lozano qualifies as a " political murder " case, and was thus eligible for trial in absentia.

Prosecutors sought a 12 year sentence for El Fahtni's suspected involvement in the " Piranha terrorism plot " against politicians and the Dutch Secret Service, AIVD.

* Prosecutors cannot withhold evidence from counsel for the defendant ; to do so results in mistrial or dismissal.

Prosecutors may strategically file such offenses as felonies, agreeing to refile the charge as a misdemeanor should the defendant consent to a guilty plea.

Prosecutors have personal conversations with the defendant about their circumstances, in order to arrive at the most suitable and culturally appropriate sentence.

Prosecutors were so impressed with his performance that they ultimately lobbied for an even shorter sentence for Fastow.

Prosecutors are protected from civil liability even when they knowingly and maliciously break the law in order to secure convictions, and the doctrine of harmless error is used by appellate courts to uphold convictions despite such illegal tactics, thus giving prosecutors few incentives to comply with the law.

Prosecutors are given discretion about how they conduct their business.

Prosecutors stated that they operated independently of the government appointed by President Putin.

Prosecutors offered Thomas Reedy a twenty year prison term and Janice Reedy a five year term if they would plead guilty, but the Reedys refused the plea deal, believing they could not be held legally responsible for the content of third party websites.

Prosecutors argued that they killed Ngor because, after handing over his gold Rolex watch willingly, he refused to give them a locket that contained a photo of his deceased wife, My-Huoy.

Prosecutors might recommend modification or repeal of laws, and they had the right to summon citizens to appear before them.

Prosecutors stated that the skull and arm were intentionally a part of the files, but after they were discovered the skull and arm were quickly removed.

Prosecutors in the German state of Bavaria, home to Bayern, later announced that they did not have enough evidence to justify a full investigation.

Prosecutors claimed Credit Suisse blatantly ignored Brazilian law, while Credit Suisse rebutted that they hold high ethical standards and would defend their employees in court.

Prosecutors also said that they were responsible for murders in USA and Sicily.

Prosecutors in Texas did not feel they had enough evidence to convict Watts of murder, so in 1982 they arranged a plea bargain.

Prosecutors announced that they were satisfied with the sentence, which is the longest jail term ever given to a former Congressman.

Prosecutors argued that the Mori Building officials did not implement safety measures proposed after previous incidents because they would detract from the tower's entrance appearance.

If they take up this option, they will be posted to other branches of the Singapore Legal Service, for example as Deputy Public Prosecutors at the Attorney's General Chambers or as Assistant Registrars in the Supreme Court Registry.

Prosecutors in Japan do not generally go to trial unless they have overwhelming evidence of guilt.