In Georgia, anyone can apply to have someone arrested. They just have to be able to prove a crime was committed.

A Georgia Trump supporter is trying to use an obscure law to get Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis arrested for her office’s efforts to try the former president for his alleged effort to overturn the result of his 2020 election loss.

Whether he’s legally allowed to do so is another question.

  • Spiralvortexisalie@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I am not familiar with Georgia jurisprudence and am not a lawyer but these things usually fail for various reasons. The procedure is proper, just heavily disfavored and as such incredibly scrutinized. IIRC it stems from British Common Law which allows for private prosecution (instead of a DA, the injured party hires a lawyer to prosecute the criminal case), but has been found illegal in a few states(I believe Georgia is one it is still “legal”).