What is the "charging threshold" in sexual assault cases?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Jones v Chaffin, 2018 ABQB 918 (CanLII):
The test, also called the “charging threshold”, has been paraphrased as whether or not the evidence provides a reasonable prospect of conviction; Fermaniuk v. Knecht, 2017 ABCA 342 at para.10.
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