A Simcoe, Ont. woman is facing an assault with a weapon charge after she said that she accidentally sprayed her neighbour with a water gun over the Labour Day weekend, a situation that at least one legal expert says amounts to an ‘unfortunate waste of resources.’
  • rhombus@sh.itjust.works
    6·
    4 months ago

    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
      2·
      4 months ago

      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·
        4 months ago

        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
          2·
          4 months ago

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