A Simcoe, Ont. woman is facing an assault with a weapon charge after she said that she accidentally sprayed her neighbour with a water gun over the Labour Day weekend, a situation that at least one legal expert says amounts to an ‘unfortunate waste of resources.’
Prosecutors have the discretion to not bring charges, which just makes this situation even more ridiculous.
Edit: I missed the part where this was in Canada, I’m not sure if prosecutorial discretion is a thing there.
Police bring charges not people here (for criminal) so it wasn’t even up to the neighbour
The judge can have it thrown out
Regular people don’t bring charges in the States either. The Prosecutor will sometimes take what they want into account, but it’s not required.
Weird, on American tv they ask if the person wants to press charges