”Types of Prosecutors” (på engelska). Criminal Justice. CliffsNotes. https://www.cliffsnotes.com/study-guides/criminal-justice/prosecutors/types-of-prosecutors. Läst 7 oktober 2021. ”On the state, county, and municipal levels of government, district attorneys (D.A.) are responsible for bringing offenders charged with crimes to justice and enforcing the criminal laws. In practice, district attorneys, who prosecute the bulk of criminal cases in the United States, answer to no one.”
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”District Attorney” (på engelska). California State Association of Counties. https://www.counties.org/county-office/district-attorney. Läst 7 oktober 2021. ”The District Attorney (DA) is a constitutionally elected county official. The District Attorney is responsible for the prosecution of criminal violations of state law and county ordinances occurring within a county under California Government Code Section 26500. This includes investigation and apprehension, as well as prosecution in court. The District Attorney serves as legal advisor to the Grand Jury and, through its family support division, enforces parental financial obligations. The Board of Supervisors exercises budgetary control but not operational control over elected District Attorneys.”
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”District attorney; powers and duties” (på engelska). Consolidated Laws of New York. New York State Senate. https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CNT/700. Läst 7 oktober 2021. ”§ 700. District attorney; powers and duties. 1. Except as provided in section seven hundred one of this chapter, it shall be the duty of every district attorney to conduct all prosecutions for crimes and offenses cognizable by the courts of the county for which he or she shall have been elected or appointed; except when the place of trial of an indictment is changed from one county to another, it shall be the duty of the district attorney of the county where the indictment is found to conduct the trial of the indictment so removed, and it shall be the duty of the district attorney of the county to which such trial is changed to assist in such trial upon the request of the district attorney of the county where the indictment was found.”
