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		rayiner 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Marine Le Pen banned from running in 2027 and give... Is that true of criminal law? (Genuine question, I know zilch about European criminal law.) Does French law have the concept of prosecutorial discretion?

aredox 9 months ago [–]

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunit%C3%A9_des_poursuite...

telotortium 9 months ago | [–]

So it would appear that French law has broadly the same power of prosecutorial discretion as US law.

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