Prosecutors are very powerful players in the criminal justice system. One of the few checks on their power is their periodic obligation to stand for election. But very few prosecutor elections are contested, and even fewer are competitive. As a result, voters are not able to hold prosecutors accountable for their deci-sions. The problem with uncontested elections has been widely recognized, but little understood. The legal literature has lamented the lack of choice for voters, but any suggested solutions have been based on only anecdote or simple descriptive analyses of election data.

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了解无争议的检察官选举

检察官是刑事司法系统中非常有影响力的角色。对他们权力的少数检查之一是他们定期参加选举的义务。但很少有检察官选举是有争议的，竞争性的就更少了。因此，选民无法让检察官对他们的决定负责。无竞争选举的问题已得到广泛认可，但了解甚少。法律文献哀叹选民缺乏选择，但任何建议的解决方案都仅基于轶事或对选举数据的简单描述性分析。