As Prosecuting Attorney of Your Small Suburban Town, You Must

As prosecuting attorney of your small suburban town, you must decide whether or not you are going toprosecute each case brought before you by local and state law enforcement. In your community there is a very high rate of unemployment due tothe recent closings of three local coal mines. With people not working, and with noother salient job options, many are turning toalcohol and drugs toease their psychological pain. Unfortunately, with this increase of drug and alcohol abuse, coupled with the lack of work, many of the former coal miners whoworked in the area are increasingly carrying out acts of domestic violence against their loved ones. With that in mind, you are asked tohear a particular domestic violence case in which both the husband and wife were charged with multiple offenses by the local county sheriff. According tothe official sheriff's report, the sheriff and his chief deputy received a 911 call from a concerned neighbor regarding the couple in question. Within minutes they arrived on the scene tofind both the husband and wife both badly beaten and bleeding. After separating the husband and wife, both of whom were extremely intoxicated, neither of their stories matched each other's. one was blaming the other and vice versa. With noother viable witnesses, the sheriff opted tocharge both with simple assault, simple battery, and domestic violence. As prosecuting attorney, how doyou proceed and why?