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How Other Communities Investigate and Report on Sexual Abuse of Students by Teachers/Coaches
Published on Mar 30, 2017
Beyond
The Badge's "Edina Investigates" spoke with a childhood sex abuse
victim who wants to spread awareness of what to look for before it's too
late.
"Some decisions are influenced by the prosecutor's sense of what justice requires in the case before him/her. Prosecutors are supposed to both enforce the law and "do justice." Doing justice means that a prosecutor occasionally decides not to prosecute a case (or files less severe charges) because the interests of justice require it, even if the facts of the case might support a conviction. For example, if an otherwise law-abiding person makes a one-time, foolish mistake, a prosecutor may decide that it would not serve any purpose to spend time and money prosecuting this person, especially when the chances that the person will re-offend are nil."
"Some decisions are influenced by the prosecutor's sense of what justice requires in the case before him/her. Prosecutors are supposed to both enforce the law and "do justice." Doing justice means that a prosecutor occasionally decides not to prosecute a case (or files less severe charges) because the interests of justice require it, even if the facts of the case might support a conviction. For example, if an otherwise law-abiding person makes a one-time, foolish mistake, a prosecutor may decide that it would not serve any purpose to spend time and money prosecuting this person, especially when the chances that the person will re-offend are nil."
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