I’d like to take a crack at catch and cook, but lots of places here are heavily fishing pressured. Where could I go and try to catch eating size bluegill and crappie, without needing a boat?
For non-Marylanders, this state is unique in that by law anyone is allowed access to a district court commissioner at anytime of day. When they get there they can file an “application for statement of charges” where anyone can allege anything on the form and if the commissioner (often those with no formal law training) stamps off “probable cause”, it automatically begins a criminal case. Criminal summons and sometimes warrants for arrest are issued without the police, prosecutors, or any other parties being involved. This is solely done based on the word of the complaining party, ex parte, with no requirement of evidence being presented.
You can only imagine how such a process can be abused.