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minus-squareMelllvarlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoAh. You’re mistaken, then. This is a private lawsuit, not a criminal proceeding.
minus-squareMelllvarlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoA private lawsuit is one that is filed by a private party (individual, company, etc.). It is very different from a criminal trial.
minus-squareblazera@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoit’s still based in law. the government enforces rulings. Otherwise defendents would have no reason to comply.
minus-squareMelllvarlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoIt’s still not a criminal case. And this isn’t some kind of obscure technical point, the differences are substantial.
minus-squareblazera@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoWould you be okay if i rephrased my post as “against the law” instead of “a crime”?
minus-squareMelllvarlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-210 months agoIt would still be an inaccurate and unfair characterization of the USA, which is really what bothers me.
minus-squareblazera@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoThe hell is inaccurate about it now?
minus-squareMelllvarlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoIt implies that this sort of law is unique or peculiar to the USA, and it implies that the law is a bad thing.
Ah. You’re mistaken, then. This is a private lawsuit, not a criminal proceeding.
Law is public
A private lawsuit is one that is filed by a private party (individual, company, etc.). It is very different from a criminal trial.
it’s still based in law. the government enforces rulings. Otherwise defendents would have no reason to comply.
It’s still not a criminal case. And this isn’t some kind of obscure technical point, the differences are substantial.
Would you be okay if i rephrased my post as “against the law” instead of “a crime”?
It would still be an inaccurate and unfair characterization of the USA, which is really what bothers me.
The hell is inaccurate about it now?
It implies that this sort of law is unique or peculiar to the USA, and it implies that the law is a bad thing.