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Reference & Investigative Series · 11 Articles
Prosecutorial Accountability
Reference guides and investigative analysis on prosecutorial immunity, non-prosecution agreements, accountability reform, and the systemic patterns that shape how federal prosecution decisions are made — and sometimes contested.
Reference Guides
The DOJ’s First Department-Wide Corporate Enforcement Policy: What It Means and Why It Matters
On March 10, 2026, the Department of Justice issued its first-ever unified corporate enforcement and voluntary self-disclosure policy — a significant shift in how federal prosecutors handle corporate criminal misconduct nationwide.
Prosecutorial Immunity: How the Doctrine Works
The absolute immunity doctrine for prosecutors, what it covers, its constitutional origins, and why reform efforts have struggled to gain traction.
How Federal Non-Prosecution Agreements Work
The structure, uses, oversight, and reform debates surrounding NPAs — the agreements that allow the DOJ to resolve cases without formal prosecution.
Prosecutorial Accountability Reform Since 2008
What has changed in prosecutorial accountability since 2008, what has not, and what reformers are currently proposing.
Civil vs. Criminal Classification: Why It Matters
How the decision to classify conduct as civil or criminal shapes legal outcomes, available remedies, and the burden of proof.
How Long-Running Legal Disputes Grow Over Time
The institutional and procedural dynamics that cause legal disputes to accumulate complexity, parties, and cost over years and decades.
The Epstein Non-Prosecution Agreement
What the Epstein NPA revealed about federal prosecutorial accountability — the process, the controversy, and the lasting questions it raised about oversight.
When Justice Fails — Five-Part Investigative Series
Part 1 of 5
The National Crisis in Prosecutorial Accountability
How systemic failures in prosecutorial oversight affect equal justice — the national pattern, the documented cases, and the structural factors that make accountability difficult.
Part 2 of 5
The Maryland Pattern
Documented corruption cases, the federal-state enforcement relationship in Maryland, and what the pattern of cases reveals about institutional accountability.
Part 3 of 5
The Florida Connection
The Southern District of Florida, the Epstein prosecution, and what the handling of high-profile cases reveals about prosecutorial discretion and accountability.
Part 4 of 5
Following the Money
Financial fraud prosecution and declination patterns — how charging decisions in financial crime cases compare across cases and what the disparities suggest.
Part 5 of 5
The Path Forward
Reform proposals that work, pending legislation, and what institutional change in prosecutorial accountability could look like.
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