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Reason Federal Prosecutor Gave for Declining To Prosecute International Terrorism Criminal Referrals |
Reason Recorded for Declining to Prosecute | Number |
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Agency request | 117 |
Lack of evidence of criminal intent | 108 |
Weak or insufficient admissible evidence | 97 |
No federal offense evident | 86 |
Suspect to be prosecuted by other authorities | 67 |
Office policy | 65 |
All work completed | 35 |
No known suspect | 26 |
Suspect deceased | 22 |
Witness problems | 14 |
Opened in Error/Office Error | 12 |
Minimal federal interest or no deterrent value | 11 |
Suspect being prosecuted on other charges (e.g., UFAPs) | 9 |
Jurisdiction or venue problems | 7 |
Lack of investigative resources | 7 |
Lack of prosecutive resources | 7 |
Dism: by govt from District Court w/o DOJ authorization | 6 |
Department Policy | 6 |
Defendant similarly charged in subsequent instrument | 4 |
Suspect deported | 4 |
Staleness | 2 |
Declined per instructions from DOJ | 2 |
Suspects cooperation | 2 |
Suspect a fugitive | 2 |
Citation filed | 2 |
Civil, admin or other disciplinary alternatives | 2 |
Statute of Limitations | 1 |
Rule 20 (District Court) | 1 |
Extradition | 1 |
Deferred to State Authorities from District Court (e.g., UFAPs) | 1 |
Juvenile suspect | 1 |
Pretrial diversion completed | 1 |
Dism: by govt from Magistrate Court w/o DOJ authorization | 1 |
Indictment filed (following a complaint filing) | 1 |
Suspect serving sentence | 1 |
Rule 40 | 1 |
* There were an additional 16 referrals for which the declination reason is not known. |