Assertion: discretion | /r/HasProperty | misused
Facets:
value: to bring criminal charges
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: The lessening of the direct supervisory role of the sergeant has had a negative impact on the ability of the police service to rely on the discretion of the individual officer in his or her operational decisions, and it is in these conditions that discretion is likely to be misused, thus highlighting the need for more control.
text: Though most prosecutors use their discretion wisely and ethically, that discretion can also be misused to bring criminal charges — or to refuse to bring them — based on a prosecutor's own personal political beliefs.