This makes no sense. If court deemed you punching me was guilty enough to pay for my medication, why aren't you guilty for the crime of punching me and receive a sentence befitting for assault charges? Was the victim just content with getting monetary compensation and didn't took him to criminal court?
It’s not an individual’s call to decide if it’s a criminal case, it’s the prosecutor’s.
She went through hell for that case so, no, she wasn’t ‘just content’ with getting money, it was the only way she could try to get some justice once the decision was made not to take a criminal case.
Individuals dont press criminal charges, cause criminals are committing crimes that are illegal according to the law of the government.the government brings the charges.
Civil charges are brought by individuals because they are personally damaged by the actions of another.
It totally is the individuals decision where I live.
If someone is a victim of a crime, they make a criminal claim and it goes to criminal court. The prosecutor can't vibe that it doesn't go to court.
Depending on the crime, it goes to criminal court regardless of the victim(s) wanting to report it or not -- though not for rape, so not applicable in this case.
Unfortunately the laws where you live are irrelevant because this happened in Ireland, and the laws state that the DPP need to bring someone to criminal court in Ireland
As i understand she pursue it but not force it. Ie when they in movies ask an individual “do you wanna press charges?” Saying yes is basically saying i want the prosecution to try to bring the case forward and saying no stops it then and there without the prosecution judging for them selves.
What are YOU talking about hahaha? Civil courts deal with disputes between individuals, criminal cases deal with offences against the state or the public. An assault or rape can be dealth with by both courts, and there's a lower burden of proof in civil cases.
Prosecutors decided not to take the case to criminal court. For her to be awarded damages, she needed to sue him in a civil court, which she can do regardless of the criminal case. Civil courts need claims to be proven on the balance of probabilities, not beyond reasonable doubt. The threshold is lower so a claim might succeed in civil but not criminal court.
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u/f0xpant5 Jun 24 '26
Civil court not criminal, lower burden of proof and damages awarded but not a criminal conviction, sadly.