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[–] ryan213@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Imagine being the prosecutor presenting the case to the judge...and NOT laughing while doing so.

[–] rhombus@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Prosecutors have the discretion to not bring charges, which just makes this situation even more ridiculous.

Edit: I missed the part where this was in Canada, I’m not sure if prosecutorial discretion is a thing there.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Police bring charges not people here (for criminal) so it wasn’t even up to the neighbour

The judge can have it thrown out

[–] rhombus@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Regular people don’t bring charges in the States either. The Prosecutor will sometimes take what they want into account, but it’s not required.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

Weird, on American tv they ask if the person wants to press charges

[–] Mammothmothman@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

Karen strikes again!

[–] Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago

Somebody needs to grow the fuck up and play with a water gun

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 months ago

Hey this seems pretty ridiculous, but also the article only presents one side of the story so maybe it's not as absurd as it seems.