Comment by tialaramex

> Sounds exactly like how things work with Attorney Generals for the states and the feds, as well as with many county attorneys in the US

Sure, in the same way that Australia is exactly like Greenland.

Even in relatively populous New York the org chart distance between your criminal prosecutor and an elected politician is significantly smaller than in England. Somewhere smaller there's an excellent chance that an elected politician has direct influence over the choice to prosecute you and that's unavoidably corrupting.

Is it as bad as the mistake of leaving the Pardon Power with an elected politician? No. That was unconscionable back when the the "First Black President" was a white guy named Bill and he used it to pardon crooked friends and family, and of course it's still unconscionable today when people just straight up pay Donald to get out of jail. But elected prosecutors is still pretty bad.

> This varies a lot by state, btw.

Almost everything does. On a good day that's an opportunity to learn what works and all improve. But those good days are fewer and further between than ever.