The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is the principal public prosecuting authority in England and Wales with responsibility for conducting the vast majority of prosecutions for alleged criminal offences within the jurisdiction. It is a non-ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom headed by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
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