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... them is the Branch Crown Prosecutors who head their sub-divided CPS branch. Within the legal system the police have the duty to obtain as much evidence against a defendant. Once gaining all relevant evidence, they have the option of doing any of the following with the suspect. They can take no further action, they can give an informal warning or give a formal police caution or they can charge or summon the suspect. If the suspect has been charged or summoned they are now put into the formal criminal justice system. The police's role is now over and all the papers of the case are handed over to the crown prosecution service. It is now the job of the CPS to prosecute the defendant. Convicting someone who may possibly be innocent is a broad error that may occur whilst reviewing cases. To preserve an error of such, the CPS have ...
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