Federal Prosecution Service
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 Logo of the Federal Prosecution Service | |
 Emmett Sykes Building, headquarters of the Federal Prosecution Service | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | May 30, 1981 |
| Jurisdiction | Rizealand federal government |
| Headquarters | Emmett Sykes Building Camden, CT, RZL |
| Employees | 2,246 (2021) |
| Annual budget | $439 million (FY 2021) |
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| Parent agency | Office of the Attorney General of the Federation |
| Website | fps |
The Federal Prosecution Service (FPS) is an independent government agency responsible for prosecuting criminal violations of federal law in Rizealand. It is headed by the Prosecutor General, who is appointed by and under the direction of the Attorney General of the Federation. The current prosecutor general is Elise Pineda, who was appointed by Attorney General Barbara Ward on XXXX.
Attorney General Morgan Baxter created the Federal Prosecution Service in 1981 to help his office handle its responsibility of prosecuting federal crimes. Prior to the Federal Prosecution Service's creation, its duties fell to the Criminal Division of the Attorney General's office and the individual federal district attorneys. Presently, the Federal Prosecution Service consists of multiple divisions that prosecute specific types of federal crimes such as white-collar crime, political corruption, cybercrime, terrorism, organized crime, trafficking, and tax evasion. It also oversees numerous federal district attorneys whose offices prosecute any federal crimes committed within their geographic jurisdiction.
History
The first federal prosecutors in Rizealand were federal district attorneys established by the Federal Judiciary Act of 1774. Appointed by the President of Rizealand with the advice and consent of the Federation Council, each federal district attorney was responsible for prosecuting individuals who violated the laws of the federation within their districts, which were established by the Federal Judiciary Act. In addition to conducting criminal prosecutions under federal law, federal district attorneys were also responsible for conducting the national census every ten years, collecting federal taxes, and enforcing the decisions of federal courts. To assist with prosecutions, federal district attorneys hired a staff of lawyers who served as assistant federal district attorneys and prosecuted cases on the federal district attorney's behalf. Federal district attorneys also appointed federal revenue officers who were responsible for the collection of taxes and federal constables who were responsible for executing federal warrants, serving court paperwork, conducting criminal investigations, effecting arrests or searches and seizures, and prisoner transport.
By the mid 1800s, federal district attorneys were powerful local figures due to their control over revenue collection, federal prosecutions, and law enforcement, leading to the positions becoming patronage jobs. Under President Chris Sharp from 1891 to 1893, a series of reforms were made to decrease the corruption in the offices of federal district attorneys by reassigning revenue collection and census counting responsibilities to other newly created agencies and creating a Department of Justice. The newly created Department of Justice would be headed by the Attorney General and would also have the ability to prosecute federal crimes. While some reformers sought to have the position of federal district attorney eliminated all together, opponents feared a strong centralized prosecution agency. While the Department of Justice did not have direct oversight over federal district attorneys, its ability to pursue criminal prosecutions on its own allowed it to serve as a check and balance on the federal district attorneys.