84 Victims should be allowed to hire private attorneys and other professionals to prepare cases against the accused and thereby extend public prosecutors resources. This is already done in some white collar cases where financial complexities exceed the prosecutors expertise, such as complicated embezzlement cases, some oil and gas swindles and cases involving the misapplication of construction trust funds. Using Private Attorneys as Deputy DAs. At present, many cases are never prosecuted for one reason or another. For example, in about 40 percent of federal embezzlement and fraud cases, charges are dropped because of insufficient evidence to convict, given the resources at hand .
Many private attorneys have criminal experience as former prosecutors or public defenders.
A logical extension of private preparation for trial is the complete privatization of the prosecutor s job by contracting out. Private attorneys, of course, are often appointed on a pro bono basis for criminal defense. The same remedies are available to finance criminal prosecution as civil litigation. Commercial insurance policies could be expanded or created for this market. Associations and community groups could cover these costs for members and subscribers.