Crown Prosecution Service/C.P.S. 〈英〉刑事起诉署 在英格兰，以前刑事案件的起诉主要由警察提起，1985年《犯罪起诉法》〔Prosecution of Offences Act〕规定设立刑事起诉署承担刑事案件的起诉任务，该机构由公诉署长〔Director of Public Prosecutions〕、首席公诉人〔Chief Crown Prosecutor〕以及由署长任命的其他职员组成。公诉署长由总检察长任命并受他监督，主要负责代表警察机关对犯罪提起公诉。
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Interference with the orderly administration of law and justice, as by giving false information to or withholding evidence from a police officer or prosecutor, or by harming or intimidating a witness or juror. • Obstruction of justice is a crime in most jurisdictions. — Also termed obstructing justice; obstructing public justice. [Cases: Obstructing Justice 1;
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obstruction of justice. Interference with the orderly administration of law and justice, as by giving false information to or withholding evidence from a police officer or prosecutor, or by harming or intimidating a witness or juror. • Obstruction of justice is a crime in most jurisdictions. — Also termed obstructing justice; obstructing public justice. [Cases:
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discretion (di-skresh-[schwa]n). 1. Wise conduct and management; cautious discernment; prudence. 2. Individual judgment; the power of free decision-making. sole discretion. An individual’s power to make decisions without anyone else’s advice or consent. 3. Criminal & tort law. The capacity to distinguish between right and wrong, sufficient to make a person responsible for his or her
suspend, vb. 1. To interrupt; postpone; defer (the fire alarm suspended the prosecutor’s opening statement). 2. To temporarily keep (a person) from performing a function, occupying an office, holding a job, or exercising a right or privilege (the attorney’s law license was suspended for violating the Model Rules of Professional Conduct). [Cases: Licenses 38; Officers
sidebar. 1. A position at the side of a judge’s bench where counsel can confer with the judge beyond the jury’s earshot (the judge called the attorneys to sidebar). 2. SIDEBAR CONFERENCE (during the sidebar, the prosecutor accused the defense attorney of misconduct). 3. A short, secondary article within or accompanying a main story in