The days of ‘Let's haul this kid in front of the judge, scare him and send him home with a warning' are long since gone,” says attorney Jay Leiderman. " Prosecutorial discretion is a great thing if it's exercised, but it doesn't happen in any meaningful way these days, because prosecutions are so politicized.
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