Abstract
It seems that prosecutors will be entitled to interview complainants and other prosecution witnesses in criminal cases. How these interviews will be conducted and at what stage of proceedings is not clear. This article considers what effect prosecution interviews may have on various stages of a criminal investigation and prosecution. It concludes that interviews for the purpose of screening out weak charges may be welcome, but great caution should be exercised when interviewing witnesses later in prosecution proceedings and that the objectivity of prosecutors and prosecution counsel should not be sacrificed in an attempt to ‘narrow the justice gap’.
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