The Public Prosecutor's Office is entrusted with the fundamental task of exercising as an
autonomous body within the criminal justice, the exclusive function of criminal prosecution, which is understood as an executive function. This position of the Public Prosecutor's Office has been brought about by a number of changes in criminal legislation. With each additional amendment, the scope of the powers of public prosecutors has expanded and new and new powers have been added, thus strengthening the powers of public prosecutors to the extent that they are now considered to be the creators of criminal proceedings, while at the same time constituting the dominus litis in pre-trial proceedings. In particular, the prosecution's crime policy, which prosecutors co-create through their decisions, has been strengthened in recent years. In order to unify the work of public prosecutors, the State Prosecutor General adopts the prosecution policy which sets out guidelines for the handling of criminal cases and introduces the use of selection mechanisms. The development of the latter is a consequence of the principle of opportunity, which has become more and more pronounced. In line with other principles of criminal procedure, the prosecutor is the key protagonist in the pre-trial proceedings, who forms the indictment and on whom the subsequent course of the proceedings before the court depends. Through the content of the indictment, the prosecutor sets the framework for the court's decision-making. Prosecutors have the main influence on the initiation of a criminal prosecution and on the imposition of the appropriate criminal sanction after consideration of all the circumstances. This does not exhaust the prosecutor's powers, which may be further exercised through ordinary and extraordinary remedies. Since the prosecution operates at all levels of the criminal procedure, it has thus acquired an important role in shaping the crime policy.
|
