Like, Share and… Prosecute? Social media as a mediating factor for prosecutorial discretion

• Main Authors: Foo, Chester Wei Shen, Toh, Kah Yin, Wong, Ken Loong
• Other Authors: Ian Rowen
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Sociology::Social elements, forces, laws; Social sciences::Sociology::Social institutions
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143099
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper analyses the relationship between prosecutors and social media by conducting interviews with legal practitioners from the state, Subject Matter Experts, and the public. We found the Attorney-General Chambers to be dismissive of social media, believing it to have weak validity and reliabil...