non-prosecution; non-indictment
Legal term for a prosecutor's decision not to bring charges. Common in news reports and legal contexts.
The prosecutors decided not to indict the suspect.
The prosecution decided not to indict due to insufficient evidence.
If you are dissatisfied with a non-prosecution decision, you can file a complaint with the prosecution review commission.
The case ended in a non-prosecution decision due to insufficient evidence.
The decision not to prosecute the defendant was finalized.
起訴 means a prosecutor decides to bring formal charges, while 不起訴 means the opposite—declining to prosecute.
non-prosecution; dropping of charges
Compound of 不 (non-) and 起訴 (prosecution, indictment). The term is a direct legal borrowing from Chinese-character-based legal vocabulary.