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0 pointspc861y ago0 comments

Surely you're talking about a District Attorney deciding that an individual needs to be charged prima facie and saying he "will find a crime" right?

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amanaplanacanal1y ago

I expect that's not what they were talking about, but I bet what you are talking about can happen just about anywhere.

pc86OP1y ago

I'm sure it could and it's wrong everywhere.

throwaway8943451y ago

District Attorneys everywhere charge first and then prove the crime afterwards, right?

pc86OP1y ago

Well typically a case is referred to them by law enforcement or a criminal complaint, then they review the evidence and decide whether or not to go to trial.

It's much rarer for a DA to say they want to find crimes a particular person committed and then direct others to go find evidence for whatever they can find evidence for.

throwaway8943451y ago

Which DA went after a particular person without referral by law enforcement or a criminal complaint? If this was really such a breach of ethics, surely it would be trivial for the political party in question to first make a criminal complaint? It's not obvious to me that the complaint/referral matters much?

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amanaplanacanal1y ago

I expect that's not what they were talking about, but I bet what you are talking about can happen just about anywhere.

pc86OP1y ago

I'm sure it could and it's wrong everywhere.

throwaway8943451y ago

District Attorneys everywhere charge first and then prove the crime afterwards, right?

pc86OP1y ago

Well typically a case is referred to them by law enforcement or a criminal complaint, then they review the evidence and decide whether or not to go to trial.

It's much rarer for a DA to say they want to find crimes a particular person committed and then direct others to go find evidence for whatever they can find evidence for.

throwaway8943451y ago

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