Domestic abuse allegation. I was arrested, spent a night in jail, had to find a new place to live and spent $15K on a lawyer. When I got disclosure, the 3 cops notes were exactly the same except the one female cop said she did not believe anything had happened. They also did not take pictures of any injuries or take the alleged victim to the hospital for a medical report, both of which are required in my jurisdiction. That leads me to believe that none of them thought that evidence would help them out. The prosecutor was not open to any option except going to trial, but when we got there 15 months later, the new prosecutor and police did not believe that there was any prospect of conviction so they dropped the charges. Despite that, it still took a toll with money, stress, time and it cost me some "friends".
Didn't ruin my life but it was pretty horrible.
Domestic abuse allegation. I was arrested, spent a night in jail, had to find a new place to live and spent $15K on a lawyer. When I got disclosure, the 3 cops notes were exactly the same except the one female cop said she did not believe anything had happened. They also did not take pictures of any injuries or take the alleged victim to the hospital for a medical report, both of which are required in my jurisdiction. That leads me to believe that none of them thought that evidence would help them out. The prosecutor was not open to any option except going to trial, but when we got there 15 months later, the new prosecutor and police did not believe that there was any prospect of conviction so they dropped the charges. Despite that, it still took a toll with money, stress, time and it cost me some "friends".