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Originally Posted by Reggie28
Could the prosecution drop the charges due to it “not being in the public interest”?
“A prosecution may have a disproportionate impact upon a suspect, including loss of livelihood, professional disciplinary proceedings, the inability to travel to certain countries and the involvement of the Disclosure and Barring Service.”
https://www.olliers.com/news/prosecu...est-prosecute/ |
This is a UK site. All it's really saying is that you can plead with the Crown to drop a case if it causes you to lose your livelihood (e.g. in the travel context, a 50 year person who makes a living transporting goods across the border). The issue would be that McKenna does not have a job right now, and a 19 year old studying whatever he is studying is not devoid of career prospects.
What is more likely is that travel issues play into a negotiation between prosecutor and defence for a resolution short of a criminal conviction. Usually those are things like peace bonds etc, which probably don't apply here.