• michaelmrose@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Prosecutorial discretion is a thing. This is why every time someone dies we don’t have a trial

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      10 months ago

      True. In this case it’s a finding of fact so the person being charged can be found not guilty in a court of law rather than public opinion.