Sword seized after man mistakes porn for rape

JonoBN41 · #1 02-23-2007, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin

No, the state makes all charging decisions.

Not necessarily true. I once caught a co-worker stealing from our family business and called police. They refused to press charges. They said "I" had to press the charges, meaning I could have said no. Perhaps it depends on the nature of the crime, and/or the jurisdiction.

In this case, the guy with the sword didn't have a phone, so I would assume the other guy called in the complaint and pressed charges.

Who has swords? I do! Two of them - just like on our coat of arms!

GeekyPenguin · #2 02-23-2007, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by JonoBN41

Not necessarily true. I once caught a co-worker stealing from our family business and called police. They refused to press charges. They said "I" had to press the charges, meaning I could have said no. Perhaps it depends on the nature of the crime, and/or the jurisdiction.

In this case, the guy with the sword didn't have a phone, so I would assume the other guy called in the complaint and pressed charges.

Who has swords? I do! Two of them - just like on our coat of arms!

If they said you had to press the charges then you probably didn't meet the standard for criminal theft and they may have meant you had to go civil.

I am very very familiar with this area (I would say more but, you know, crazy people on the interwebs) and I would be absolutely shocked if the DA was willing to drop it.

JonoBN41 · #3 02-23-2007, 07:41 PM

No, I had to actually say out loud, in front of everybody, "I want him arrested", whereupon the cops put him in handcuffs and took him away in a police car. It wasn't all that civil.

JonoBN41 · #4 02-23-2007, 07:53 PM

Another time, we had a nighttime break-in. Files rifled just for looks - an inside job. When we told the detective the name of the employee we suspected, he rolled his eyes and said, "Her??? She a goddamn thief!"

So that was the end of that. They never so much as called her up and asked her if she had done it.

The only thing that shocks me about DAs is how often they'll railroad people they know are innocent, just to close a case.

UGAalum94 · #5 02-23-2007, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by JonoBN41

The only thing that shocks me about DAs is how often they'll railroad people they know are innocent, just to close a case.

Other than Nifong, do you really think this happens much?

They "know" the person's innocent? How? Wouldn't they also know that the defense lawyer could prove it just the same way they "knew' it?

JonoBN41 · #6 02-23-2007, 09:23 PM

How often does it have to happen to be considered "much"? Are you saying it has never happened, or is there a certain threshold above which we should be shocked?

GeekyPenguin · #7 02-23-2007, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Alphagamuga

Other than Nifong, do you really think this happens much?

They "know" the person's innocent? How? Wouldn't they also know that the defense lawyer could prove it just the same way they "knew' it?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

How would the defense lawyer know it if the DA learns something from the cops and fails to disclose it? Mind-reading?

UGAalum94 · #8 02-25-2007, 02:30 PM

Other than the movies, I just don't know of it happening. You both must have more experience with corrupt prosecutors than I do. Seeing as my personal experience with prosecutors in practically none, tell me about some of these cases.