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What is the Dutch legal system?
The Netherlands operates a civil law system, meaning laws are primarily codified in statutes rather than relying on judicial precedent. For incidents like the stabbing at Centraal Station, police investigate, and prosecutors decide whether to press charges based on the evidence. The arrested person would then face trial under these established legal codes.
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