Prosecutorial discretion

Prosecutorial discretion - principle in numerous legal systems. Article “Prosecutorial discretion” in English Wikipedia has 36.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 21 references and 10 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Prosecutorial discretion”, its content was written by 24 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 158 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 105 times in English Wikipedia and cited 300 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #35124 in January 2023
• Global: #9858 in March 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #608863 in November 2014
• Global: #134578 in November 2010

There are 9 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Prosecutorial discretion		36.4604
2	Estonian (et) Oportuniteedipõhimõte		30.3239
3	Japanese (ja) 起訴便宜主義		24.7773
4	Chinese (zh) 檢控酌情權		17.8917
5	Korean (ko) 기소편의주의		14.7723
6	French (fr) Opportunité des poursuites		13.3639
7	German (de) Opportunitätsprinzip		12.544
8	Dutch (nl) Opportuniteitsbeginsel		10.1631
9	Polish (pl) Oportunizm procesowy		3.8379

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Prosecutorial discretion" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	German (de) Opportunitätsprinzip		566 317
2	Japanese (ja) 起訴便宜主義		195 803
3	Dutch (nl) Opportuniteitsbeginsel		131 118
4	English (en) Prosecutorial discretion		94 760
5	French (fr) Opportunité des poursuites		93 653
6	Korean (ko) 기소편의주의		26 906
7	Polish (pl) Oportunizm procesowy		11 080
8	Estonian (et) Oportuniteedipõhimõte		4 052
9	Chinese (zh) 檢控酌情權		455

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Prosecutorial discretion" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Prosecutorial discretion		998
2	German (de) Opportunitätsprinzip		753
3	Japanese (ja) 起訴便宜主義		554
4	French (fr) Opportunité des poursuites		223
5	Korean (ko) 기소편의주의		132
6	Dutch (nl) Opportuniteitsbeginsel		132
7	Polish (pl) Oportunizm procesowy		131
8	Estonian (et) Oportuniteedipõhimõte		44
9	Chinese (zh) 檢控酌情權		28

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Prosecutorial discretion" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Opportunitätsprinzip		48
2	Japanese (ja) 起訴便宜主義		28
3	English (en) Prosecutorial discretion		24
4	French (fr) Opportunité des poursuites		19
5	Dutch (nl) Opportuniteitsbeginsel		14
6	Korean (ko) 기소편의주의		13
7	Estonian (et) Oportuniteedipõhimõte		6
8	Polish (pl) Oportunizm procesowy		3
9	Chinese (zh) 檢控酌情權		3

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Prosecutorial discretion" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Estonian (et) Oportuniteedipõhimõte		1
2	German (de) Opportunitätsprinzip		0
3	English (en) Prosecutorial discretion		0
4	French (fr) Opportunité des poursuites		0
5	Japanese (ja) 起訴便宜主義		0
6	Korean (ko) 기소편의주의		0
7	Dutch (nl) Opportuniteitsbeginsel		0
8	Polish (pl) Oportunizm procesowy		0
9	Chinese (zh) 檢控酌情權		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Prosecutorial discretion" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Prosecutorial discretion		105
2	Japanese (ja) 起訴便宜主義		100
3	German (de) Opportunitätsprinzip		47
4	French (fr) Opportunité des poursuites		20
5	Korean (ko) 기소편의주의		10
6	Dutch (nl) Opportuniteitsbeginsel		10
7	Estonian (et) Oportuniteedipõhimõte		7
8	Polish (pl) Oportunizm procesowy		1
9	Chinese (zh) 檢控酌情權		0

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#	Language	Value
de	German Opportunitätsprinzip
en	English Prosecutorial discretion
et	Estonian Oportuniteedipõhimõte
fr	French Opportunité des poursuites
ja	Japanese 起訴便宜主義
ko	Korean 기소편의주의
nl	Dutch Opportuniteitsbeginsel
pl	Polish Oportunizm procesowy
zh	Chinese 檢控酌情權

Best Rank

English: #608863 11.2014

Global: #134578 11.2010

Best Rank

English: #35124 01.2023

Global: #9858 03.2004

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