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Originally Posted by arrwheader
"Ultimately, prosecutors determined it is clear the evidence does not support the filing of criminal charges and there is no path to a potential criminal conviction," the district attorney's office said in a statement. "Prosecutors can only file charges when they ethically believe they can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt."
the bold part translates to there is no evidence that the story was true. If they said they didn't feel they had enough evidence to secure a conviction then that is totally different.
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Weird. I feel like you entirely ignored this part:
"Prosecutors can only file charges when they ethically believe they can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt."
The entire thing reads to me that they just don't have enough evidence to file, not that there's no evidence the story was true.
The burden of proof is always going to be super high in these sorts of situations especially when they involve alcohol. And as you said a lot of DAs wouldn't want to go down that path.
But I don't think they're saying there's no evidence to support her claims in the slightest.