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The Stakes of Private Prosecution in the UK
Private prosecutions are a thing in England and other places where a private individual, private entity can investigate and convict someone for crimes committed./nPrivate prosecution is not a common concept in the US. In the US, crime is prosecuted on behalf of the people, not because of private interest./nThe speaker was introduced to legal and law enforcement reporting during his three-year stint covering the Department of Justice in Washington D.C. under the Trump administration before moving to London at the beginning of 2021./nThe speaker got interested in private prosecution and its peculiarity during his background research for stories about the UK legal system and court reporting./nPrivate prosecution in the UK has no government support, meaning private entities have to stand the cost of prosecution and the possibility of losing the case.
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