New crimes have been popping up across America in recent years. Do prosecutors welcome these additions and extra charges or do the new crimes plague the daily life of a criminal attorney? If criminal prosecutors do not support adding criminal offenses to the law, who initiates new regulations and sustains them throughout the legislative process? Kyle Graham, a Deputy District Attorney in Mono County, California argues that prosecutors are not responsible for creating new crimes and in fact, do not welcome new offenses. His article explains Why Prosecutors Hate New Crimes.

Why Prosecutors Hate New Crimes

Kyle Graham
Deputy District Attorney, Mono County, California

Prosecutors hate new crimes. This may come as a surprise to those who believe that prosecutors and legislators have entered into an unholy alliance to expand the scope of state and federal criminal liability in perpetuity. But it is true. With rare exceptions, new crimes are unwelcome complications to a prosecutor’s line of business.

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