When you google the word “discretion,” the first thing that appears is an image of a person with a finger over their lips encouraging secrecy. Discretion is framed as something we choose not to do, ...

JURIST Guest Columnist Carolina Núñez of the Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School says that recent judicial and executive pronouncements highlight the role and importance of discretion ...

Prosecutorial discretion is a hot topic these days. The Obama administration couched its immigration non-enforcement policy decision in terms of prosecutorial discretion. Attorney General Holder ...

As the new year begins, compensation committees are asking themselves, “How did our company do relative to its 2010 incentive goals and what incentive awards resulted from our incentive plans?” The ...

My tenure as mayor of Braddock started with a community that was embroiled in mass distrust between residents and the police force. Braddock’s population is approximately 70 percent Black, and 36 ...

It might seem entirely reasonable to expect that prosecutors will always prosecute an offense. After all, it is right there in the name. However, in becoming the latest legislative body to draw this ...