UTSA Criminal Justice professors Richard Hartley and Rob Tillyer have studied the factors affecting whether prosecutors decline to charge someone arrested for a federal crime. Their research is aimed at understanding prosecutorial discretion and its influence as gate keeper of the federal criminal justice system. The research revealed disparities related to charging decisions, charge reductions, guilty pleas, pleas rewards, trial penalties, selection processes in screening, and prosecutor variation in plea bargaining. They also examined charge changes and prosecutors' decisions to decline to pursue a case.
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UTSA researcher studies bias in prosecutor filing trends
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