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    The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is the principal public agency for conducting criminal prosecutions in England and Wales. It is headed by the Director...
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    for prosecution, along with the sheriffdom procurators fiscal. In Scotland, virtually all prosecution of criminal offences is undertaken by the Crown. Private...
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    is the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), which is led by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The CPS prosecutes on behalf of the Crown and also...
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    The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is the head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the third most senior public prosecutor in England and...
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    the handling of the case by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) was affected by issues of race. A 1998 public inquiry...
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  • BC Prosecution Service generally does not endorse private prosecutions. When such a prosecution is initiated, it is common practice for the Crown Counsel...
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    24 October 2012 the Crown Prosecution Service said the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer, would review the service's decisions not to prosecute...
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    the Crown Prosecution Service". Crown Prosecution Service. Retrieved 21 January 2013. "R (on the application of Gujra) v Crown Prosecution Service" (PDF)...
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  • prosecution of only a small number of major cases until 1986 when responsibility for prosecutions was transferred to a new Crown Prosecution Service with...
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  • Stephen Parkinson (lawyer) (category Directors of Public Prosecutions (England and Wales))
    who has been the Director of Public Prosecutions (England and Wales) (DPP) and head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) since November 2023. Parkinson...
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    former prosecutor within the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). Afzal spent most of his career in the CPS, rising to be Chief Crown Prosecutor for North West...
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  • justice for their actions during and after the disaster. The Crown Prosecution Service subsequently dropped all charges against one of the defendants...
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    the abdomen, in association with cirrhosis of the liver. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) decided not to charge Harwood, because the disagreement...
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  • cases are then prosecuted by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service. It was merged with the Crown Prosecution Service on 1 January 2010. An increase...
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  • realms. Crown Prosecution Service (England and Wales) Crown prosecutor (Australia) Crown prosecutor (New Zealand) Crown attorney (Canada) "Crown prosecutor"...
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  • report to the Director of Public Prosecutions by Alison Levitt QC, Principal Legal Advisor, and the Crown Prosecution Service Equality and Diversity Unit....
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    of the police file, it was reported on 20 July 2007 that the Crown Prosecution Service would not bring any charges against any of the individuals involved...
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  • Director of Public Prosecutions of the Crown Prosecution Service, to use his statutory power to take over the private prosecution and end it. On 5 December...
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    of Public Prosecutions, for the period which covered the scandal. Lord Macdonald, in charge of the Crown Prosecution Service when prosecution of Goodman...
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    Guidance". Crown Prosecution Service. Archived from the original on December 15, 2016. Retrieved April 20, 2023. "Extreme Pornography". Crown Prosecution Service...
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    of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland. Its role is similar to that of the longer-established Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service in Scotland...
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  • likely when institutions are open to scrutiny. The courts and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) do not record religion, which makes it harder to hold them...
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    raised to 40 years in December 2020 by the Court of Appeal. The Crown Prosecution Service described Sinaga as being the most prolific rapist in British...
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    recipient is also guilty of the offence if they accept it. The Crown Prosecution Service stated they would only prosecute treating if it was in the public...
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    Law Officers’ Departments" along with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI), the Serious Fraud Office...
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    the government and authorities. In March 2017, CAA forced the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to quash a decision not to prosecute an alleged far-right...
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  • Leeds, but these programmes are criticised by some. The British Crown Prosecution Service and National Policing Guidelines do not encourage enforcement...
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  • take place later that month. In August 2022, the Crown Prosecution Service discontinued the prosecutions. One of those originally convicted announced that...
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  • murder. She was denied bail and remanded in police custody. The Crown Prosecution Service were convinced to approve all of the charges Cheshire Constabulary...
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    that country. According to non-statutory guidance issued by the Crown Prosecution Service— Naturism is used to describe the activities of persons who espouse...
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