SELECTIVE PROSECUTION

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SELECTIVE PROSECUTION

selective prosecution.

1. SELECTIVE ENFORCEMENT.

2. The practice or an instance of a criminal prosecution brought at the discretion of a prosecutor rather than one brought as a matter of course in the normal functioning of the prosecuting authority’s office. ? Selective prosecution violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment if a defendant is singled out for prosecution when others similarly situated have not been prosecuted and the prosecutor’s reasons for doing so are impermissible.

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