The judge could do that, but that would be an admission that the underlying reasons for dropping the prosecution after getting the indictment were acceptable to the judge. Which he might not want to sign off on, if he doesn’t like what the prosecutors told him.
Well it also removes the power they have over him in the quid pro quo. If they can’t bring the case again, he no longer has to hold up his end of the deal, and so it forces the DOJ to make a statement of whether the case truly is not worth pursuing.
The judge could do that, but that would be an admission that the underlying reasons for dropping the prosecution after getting the indictment were acceptable to the judge. Which he might not want to sign off on, if he doesn’t like what the prosecutors told him.
Well it also removes the power they have over him in the quid pro quo. If they can’t bring the case again, he no longer has to hold up his end of the deal, and so it forces the DOJ to make a statement of whether the case truly is not worth pursuing.