Old 01-23-08, 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by bdcheung
So you would rather the DA waste resources? The guy says the investigation did not turn up sufficient evidence to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that a criminal act occurred.
Beyond a reasonable doubt is up to a jury, the only thing the DA has to show is a primae facie case, one that will not be dismissed by the judge, and her admission that she turned all the way around to reach for something in the back seat is more than ample prima facie evidence. And as a DA, he has a duty to bring charges against someone when he has a primae facie case.

The problem is that DA's have almost limitless discretion in deciding to bring a case or not. And since the DA is human, he will let his biases influence his judgement. Why do you think that so many white people that committed crimes against blacks in the South in the early to middle 1900s never got prosecuted? Because the DAs were white and prejudiced against blacks.

This DA is prejudiced against cyclists.
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