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Originally Posted by Frank MetaMusil
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I decline to answer this particular page due to my involvement in matters related to this.
In general terms, I will say that in my experience one Crown’s strong case is another’s withdrawal for lack of likelihood of conviction. The standard is not very ‘standard’ and is open for criticism that police benefit from these decisions to withdraw more readily than the average person.
Again, this is not a comment about the particular decision relating to Sgt Kaminski. I cannot say the Crown’s decision was not genuinely based on the assessment they described. And if a Crown is of the view there is no reasonable likelihood of conviction of an accused (who is presumed innocent) then it would be wrong for them to continue the prosecution.