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by candiodari 1315 days ago
Nope. They all have "discretion", and every single one could have prevented this idiocy from happening.

Plus other details: The police can refuse to take the complaint. The police can refuse to arrest someone. The prosecutor has "prosecutorial discretion". CPS can outright refuse, both the CPS case worker and the people actually implementing the decision. The people implementing community service can refuse.

No this is 100% on each and every one of the government workers involved.