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The public prosecutor’s offices are criminal justice bodies attached to the judiciary but separate from the courts. In Germany, a strict principle of legality obliges the police to investigate every single crime reported and send all investigations to the prosecution service. The public prosecutor reviews the police’s findings and decides whether to indict the accused or halt the proceedings. In court, the approximately 5,200 public prosecutors in Germany are the prosecuting counsels. Unlike judges, public prosecutors are civil servants and therefore subject to the orders of their superiors.
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