I'm not a big fan of the adversarial justice system. It's inherited from England anyways. If there's an unnatural death, there should be a panel, like a Grand Jury, appointed to determine who to charge with what. Leaving it up to whether a public servant "feels like it" is stupid.
A similar injustice happens when a prosecutor has it out for someone. They are charged with a crime on the word of the prosecutor, and the punishment begins (such as being banned from having a weapon; sometimes including jail) even before any fact finding has happened.
As far as I'm aware your system is your own and the UK system does not work like this.
Under common-law the police present the charges. We don't even have DA
Oh, I don't know where we got it then. It's not French, either.
It's a shitty system for sure.
Here's the law oh and this bureaucratic lawyer decides if it should be enforced
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