[nixgeek]

That’s actually not true, it varies by state, but many allow private criminal prosecutions to occur.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_prosecution

[dragonwriter]

“Many” seems unwarranted (especially when it comes to prosecution of a charge rather than entry of a complaint or pursuit of an indictment), but, yes, that was an overgeneralization. But, it is by far the dominant rule.

[bdhess]

Many? From the list I count six where the wording implies that a prosecution can occur without permission from the executive branch.

[amanaplanacanal]

I wonder how often this actually happens? In any case this is interesting.