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Contradicts itself

The introduction says that the prosecution chooses which way to proceed, while the body says that the defendant chooses. --Delirium 01:48, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Two different issues - the prosecutor decides which offense to charge, the defendant has a say in which court hears the case (but no say in what offense is charged). bd2412 T 01:51, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, that makes sense... is there a way of saying that in the article more clearly? As a nonspecialist I conflated the two issues when reading, which I think might not be that uncommon (but I could be wrong). --Delirium 02:15, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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 The introduction says that the prosecution chooses which way to proceed, while the body says that the defendant chooses. --[[User:Delirium|Delirium]] 01:48, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 :Two different issues - the prosecutor decides which offense to charge, the defendant has a say in which court hears the case (but no say in what offense is charged). [[User:BD2412|<font style="background:gold">'''''bd2412'''''</font>]] [[User talk:BD2412|'''T''']] 01:51, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
+::Hmm, that makes sense... is there a way of saying that in the article more clearly? As a nonspecialist I conflated the two issues when reading, which I think might not be that uncommon (but I could be wrong). --[[User:Delirium|Delirium]] 02:15, 24 April 2007 (UTC)