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GGD-83-11 1 (1982-10-27)

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BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL


Report To The Honorable Max Baucus

United States Senate


OF THE UNITED STATES




Greater Oversight And Uniformity Needed

In U.S. Attorneys' Prosecutive Policies




U.S. attorneys' policies for accepting or
declining cases for prosecution, for using
pretrial diversion, and for reaching plea
agreements are inconsistent and result in
disparate treatment of defendants within
the Federal criminal justice system.

Even though many Federal law violations
are also prosecutable by State and local
authorities, U.S. attorneys have not always
referred federally declined cases to their
local counterparts. This results in suspected
violators going unprosecuted.

This report recommends that Justice estab-
lish more uniform prosecutive policies, ac-
cumulate more comprehensive data, and
increase its oversight of U.S. attorneys'
operations to identify and resolve dispari-
ties in Federal criminal law enforcement.





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