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The Power of Prosecutors

The Power of Prosecutors

Update: 2023-09-25
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Every day, Joe Platania and his office make complex judgment calls that help decide whether people will spend years or even decades behind bars. In this episode, Platania explains how this process of “prosecutorial discretion” works.

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