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.’
  • m0darn@lemmy.ca
    11·
    5 days ago

    Hey this seems pretty ridiculous, but also the article only presents one side of the story so maybe it’s not as absurd as it seems.

  • ryan213@lemmy.ca
    17·
    7 days ago

    Imagine being the prosecutor presenting the case to the judge…and NOT laughing while doing so.

    • rhombus@sh.itjust.works
      6·
      7 days ago

      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.

      • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
        2·
        6 days ago

        Police bring charges not people here (for criminal) so it wasn’t even up to the neighbour

        The judge can have it thrown out

        • rhombus@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          6 days ago

          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.