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Originally Posted by iggy_oi
It was low hanging fruit 
I’m not sure that the crown has to charge people just because they have evidence for certain crimes if the victim isn’t wanting to press charges. Aren’t charges for things like assault or theft generally not pursued unless the victim asks to press charges?
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Hilarious that you nitpick someone misapplying a US legal term and then do it yourself within the same post* (technically 'press charges' isn't an official legal term, but its colloquially understood in the US)
The short answer is: it depends. A case is less likely to proceed without cooperation from the victim, but it absolutely can. This is also true in most (all?) states