Ontario Crowns maintain the policy of bringing charges regardless of whether
the alleged victims want to or not, seeing this as in the public's interest in fighting a matter of public concern.
David Wolowitz, a New Hampshire lawyer who has represented private schools facing sexual abuse allegations, said it's understandable that
alleged victims want the fullest possible disclosure — and also that schools want to proceed with caution.
Our firm knows how to handle cases where
the alleged victim wants the charges dropped.
Not exact matches
Anderson is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania but would not say whether he is representing any of Sandusky's
alleged victims, saying he would
want to respect their confidentiality if he was.
Two
alleged victims of an upstate pedophile who admitted to police that he abused hundreds of kids over four decades are livid over his pending release from prison and
want the state attorney general to keep him locked up.
While I am concerned about one sided protection (
alleged victim's identity protected not
alleged accused for example), I think most people would have a legitimate interest in
wanting to know if someone they are interacting with is facing trial on serious charges.
At times, assault charges happen because tempers got the best of each other and the police were called, but later the
alleged victim may not
want the case prosecuted.
The Affidavit of Non-Prosecution is a sworn document that indicates the
alleged victim doesn't
want to not be involved in the assault charge and would like to see the criminal case closed.