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Originally Posted by TwistedChief
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.
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I addressed that part in the second part of my post. I also mentioned it is entirely possible that they had crap witnesses and they just can't get the story to add up. Also perhaps they just didn't choose their words carefully, but to me it would have made more sense to just say "we don't have ENOUGH evidence to gain a conviction". Instead they elected to say that "the evidence doesn't SUPPORT the charges filed".
Idk to me that reads different no?
I know if I was the victim or family i would be pissed if they used the words they did. It insinuates that it was made up.
agree on everything else.