Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service" in English language version.
Although Scotland did not have the principle of 'legality' as in some foreign jurisdictions where the prosecutor has no discretion...
We do not have the English system of someone deciding whether or not to press charges, nor of Magistrates [or in America, Grand Juries] deciding whether or not someone should be committed for trial, nor of the accused opting for trial by jury. In Scotland, these are decisions for the Procurator Fiscal to make.
Although Scotland did not have the principle of 'legality' as in some foreign jurisdictions where the prosecutor has no discretion...
We do not have the English system of someone deciding whether or not to press charges, nor of Magistrates [or in America, Grand Juries] deciding whether or not someone should be committed for trial, nor of the accused opting for trial by jury. In Scotland, these are decisions for the Procurator Fiscal to make.