Die Verständigung und die Rolle der Staatsanwaltschaft

Prosecutor’s activity model as the most important guideline for reforming the system of criminal proceedings

“…Therefore, the directions of the possible reform of criminal proceedings are naturally the scientific research subject for scientists-proceduralists. At the same time, the activity of the prosecutor, as a key participant in the criminal proceedings, is also the subject of focus for both domestic and foreign scientists [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]. In a number of countries, prosecutors' powers in the field of criminal proceedings are so extensive that, according to scientists, they are responsible for "systemic failures, such as mass incarceration, widespread racial inequality in the justice system, etc."…”

“…It should be noted that foreign scientists consider the role of the prosecutor in criminal proceedings inseparably from his or her status as an employee of the prosecutor's office, from the position of the prosecutor's office in the state mechanism [3,4,9]. Russian procedural scientists often ignore the issues of the general organization and activities of the prosecutor's office when studying the role of the prosecutor in criminal proceedings [10][11][12].…”