Prosecutors, the community’s chief law enforcement officers, are usually locally elected.

Evidence

Known in different jurisdictions as the district attorney, the state’s attorney, or the U.S. attorney, -theprosecutoris-the:communitysichieflaw enforcement officialmMost state prosecutors are-electedocabby and have a political base that enables them to operate independenthyofthestate’s ederal prosecutors are appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1636

Categorization

• DEFINE: Fixes the terminology variation (district attorney, state’s attorney, U.S. attorney) for the same office.
• XREF: connects to: A handful of US counties drive most executions through prosecutor discretion. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 1839; Elected prosecutors increasingly campaign on racial justice even while most districts remain uncontested — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law: A Definitive Look at…, 598; A reputation for bribery caused authorities to select a corruptible-proof prosecutor. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1714 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• A handful of US counties drive most executions through prosecutor discretion. #corroborates (1.00) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 1839
• Elected prosecutors increasingly campaign on racial justice even while most districts remain uncontested #corroborates (1.00) — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 598
• A reputation for bribery caused authorities to select a corruptible-proof prosecutor. #corroborates (1.00) — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1714
• Bias concentrates where police and prosecutors wield the most discretion. #corroborates (1.00)
• Effective community prosecution requires entering neighborhoods prosecutors avoid #corroborates (1.00)
• Police and prosecutors apply written law selectively through personal discretion. #corroborates (1.00) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2067