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What I don’t understand is why it’s up to the DA? If a citizen wants to press charges what allows a DA to just decide not to? Seems like the DA should be charg
by brightball 4y ago
What I don’t understand is why it’s up to the DA? If a citizen wants to press charges what allows a DA to just decide not to?
Seems like the DA should be charged with obstruction of justice.
- prasadjoglekar 4y agoCitizens can press civil charges, but the power to prosecute someone for jail time is reserved for the government. And the local and state governments, not the federal govt. DAs are elected, so notionally, Boudin, the DA for SF, is representating the will of the people by not prosecuting criminals deemed to be "low level crimes".
- prottog 4y ago> not the federal govt U.S. Attorneys prosecute people for crimes that violate federal law, convictions which often result in time in federal prisons.
- millzlane 4y agoNot sure what is going on in SF. But in Baltimore they would have been arrested and chargeg. Sure the city might drop the charges if the police bungle the investigation purposely or due to incompetence. But people are arrested and charged.
- zenexer 4y agoCitizens don’t get to decide whether to press criminal charges; only the government can decide that. They may take the victim’s request into consideration, but that’s the extent of it.