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Originally Posted by AOII Angel
So it's better to let the guy go free despite the victim's wishes beeeeecause....
In what way does this serve the greater good? It shows that because of his status he gets off scott free just because the DA perceives that he'll be able to pay his judgement better when a lawsuit finally goes through? That's not justice.
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I'm not sure that the DA's decision does indeed serve the greater good to the best extent, but I think I've fully laid out what it appears his rationale is - if you disagree that's fine, but it's not like it's on a lark.
Also, we really don't ever want "the victim's wishes" to become a key relevant standard. Unless you want to also stop prosecuting domestics and other cases, we have to be careful applying the "strong" standard as justice while ignoring the "weak" version. The victim's opinion is what it is, but it is also subject to a large number of factors that make it unreliable and prone to rashness instead of reason.
I'm sure you'd like to have control over your own case, but it would be relatively similar to allowing self-diagnosis or self-remedy to your own patients. And, just like doctors, the DA will sometimes get it wrong, or take angles that don't immediately jive with what outsiders might initially want or think is best. Here, it appears compensation for the victim has been determined to be more important than punishment for the criminal. That may indeed be justice.