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bigfatkittenlast Thursday at 8:15 PM0 repliesview on HN

It comes down to prosecutorial discretion, and that can go either way.

Prosecutors have broad discretion to proceed with a matter based on whether there is a reasonable prospect of securing a conviction, whether it’s in the public interest to do so and various other factors. They don’t generally bring a lot of rigour to these considerations.