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To: Longbow1969

I don’t think that’s how our justice system works. The prosecutor is just a delegate, a deputy of sorts.

Anybody can file a criminal charge against anybody else, afaik. But if the local jurisdictions don’t agree to go along with it, you would have to be ready to act as prosecutor yourself. And the odds are the court would take one look at it and toss it in the trash right quick...


22 posted on 05/24/2011 12:53:43 PM PDT by djf ("Life is never fair...And perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not." Oscar Wilde)
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To: djf
Anybody can file a criminal charge against anybody else, afaik. But if the local jurisdictions don’t agree to go along with it, you would have to be ready to act as prosecutor yourself. And the odds are the court would take one look at it and toss it in the trash right quick...

Hmmm, that's interesting. I wonder if maybe what you mean is that anyone can file a criminal complaint? There might be a big difference here between "complaint" and "charges".

Either way, Corsi isn't going to get anywhere with this stuff.

24 posted on 05/24/2011 1:09:57 PM PDT by Longbow1969
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To: djf
Anybody can file a criminal charge against anybody else, afaik. But if the local jurisdictions don’t agree to go along with it, you would have to be ready to act as prosecutor yourself.

Dude, where are you getting your information? That's just wrong.

A citizen can file a criminal complaint, but only a prosecutor can file charges acting on that complaint.

If the prosecutor thinks your complaint is nonsense, then you're out of luck and no charges will be filed and no one will be prosecuted.

And no, you can't act as prosecutor yourself if the prosecutor refuses to act on your complaint.

Can you image what chaos would ensue if anyone could just willy-nilly start acting as a prosecutor against anyone they liked?

54 posted on 05/25/2011 4:03:37 PM PDT by curiosity
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