Poke

[xenith]

In the hope that this will go bug someone else instead of me:

Unsolved murder case reopened after X years.

Previous investigators had given up due to "insufficient evidence" or similar but new investigators believe they were hiding/protecting someone.

New investigators solve the case but decide not to arrest murderer, for the same reasons the previous team had.

Which are?

Requirements that murderer had actually & deliberately murdered, not manslaghter etc. & there was/is sufficient evidence.

Comments

[girliejones.livejournal.com]

POlice don't actually prosecute most murders. One reason is if they think it was self-defense or under duress and the person will never murder again, then they don't see the point. It happens a lot in domestic violence cases.

[monissaw.livejournal.com]

*nods* That's what I was trying to get past with the deliberate & whatever criteria.

Think it'd work better in a different world though, so I can control the variables more.