sentences:  The PGR is also the only magistrate of the Public Prosecution Service that can be chosen from among persons that previously were not magistrates, the person chosen not even being mandatory linked to any area of recruitment or having a specific training.However, in practice, most of the persons appointed for the office of PGR came from the career magistracy.Under the "Procuradoria-Geral da Reública" there are also four "procuradorias-gerais distritais" (district attorneys-general's offices) and 23 "procuradorias da República" (attorney's offices).