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Originally Posted by yankeefan1970
I believe it does already, atleast to a certain degree. You can agree not to press charges against an individual. I think it depends on teh severity of the offence though.
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As a practical matter, you are right because in many cases without the victim's testimony and cooperation, the DA in charge will not be able to successfully prosecute the case. In many cases, though, (esp. domestic abuse cases) prosecutors successfully convict an abusive spouse even over the vociferous objection of the other spouse.
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Murder is considered a crime not only against the individual, but against the society as well. So, the DA looks out for the common good. I think that's why you'd not see something like what happened in Saudi Arabia happen in the US.
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Exactly.
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Besides, I would guess that prince basically paid his way out of prison. He paid off the family so they'd agree to the reprieve.
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Actually, that isn't what happened. The family of the prince specifically demanded that the prince be executed, but right before the sentence was carried out he begged for forgiveness and the victim's family relented. Of course, the victim's family could have been trying to curry favor, but no such allegation was made in the article.
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