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No drop prosecution <\/p>\n

Please respond to EACH<\/strong><\/u> of the following discussion topics and submit them to the discussion forum as a single post. Your initial post should be 75-150 words in length. Then, make at least two thoughtful responses to your fellow students\u2019 posts. If you haven\u2019t recently, please review the Rules of Discussion<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Remember, to be persuasive, you must use facts and logic. Identify the sources of information that you use, and don\u2019t draw general conclusions from specific incidents.<\/p>\n

Domestic violence and allegations of domestic violence are a significant issue that a prosecutor has to deal with. A great deal of physical and emotional damage can be done in a variety of ways during the actual occurrence of one of these events and again during the court proceedings that may follow it.<\/p>\n

Chapter nine has a section on No-Drop prosecution which discusses some of the issues surrounding the practice, and you may find more information about No-Drop prosecution here:<\/p>\n

<\/u><\/a>http:\/\/www.jrsa.org\/pubs\/jrp-digest\/jrp-digest-vol…<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

Once you have read these two documents, look at Concept Summary 9.3 in the text.<\/p>\n

Thinking about what you have learned in regards to No-Drop domestic violence prosecution, are there any of the prosecutorial decision making factors in the Concept Summary that you think would justify dropping a domestic violence case after it has been filed? Why? What could be the negative outcome of dropping the case for the reason you chose?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"