▲ 174 ▼ what fact about our current world would freak people out if it were a newspaper headline a century ago? (lemmy.eco.br) submitted 2 years ago by Phen@lemmy.eco.br to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml 159 comments fedilink hide all child comments Some news that would be completely mundane today but scary or shocking in the past.
[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (1 child) They know . A huge chunk just doesn’t care. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) I have family in the US (who are not trumpets afaik) and they wouldn’t know that he actually got proven guilty for doing it. They‘d probably assume he made a deal. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CleoTheWizard@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Isn’t it a civil trial tho and not a criminal trial? Meaning that the bar for evidence is just “more than likely” and not “beyond a reasonable doubt” right? I mean it’s still very damning but he has not (yet) been found guilty of the crime, just liable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) There is an important distinction of being "convicted" and "proven guilty" though. You can get off a conviction through multiple means, one being a mistrial and so on. I think there is no two ways about this after reading: A judge has now clarified that this is basically a legal distinction without a real-world difference. He says that what the jury found Trump did was in fact rape, as commonly understood. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Was there a criminal trial, that ended in one of these other ways? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) I have family in the US (who are not trumpets afaik) and they wouldn’t know that he actually got proven guilty for doing it. They‘d probably assume he made a deal. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CleoTheWizard@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Isn’t it a civil trial tho and not a criminal trial? Meaning that the bar for evidence is just “more than likely” and not “beyond a reasonable doubt” right? I mean it’s still very damning but he has not (yet) been found guilty of the crime, just liable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) There is an important distinction of being "convicted" and "proven guilty" though. You can get off a conviction through multiple means, one being a mistrial and so on. I think there is no two ways about this after reading: A judge has now clarified that this is basically a legal distinction without a real-world difference. He says that what the jury found Trump did was in fact rape, as commonly understood. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Was there a criminal trial, that ended in one of these other ways? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CleoTheWizard@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Isn’t it a civil trial tho and not a criminal trial? Meaning that the bar for evidence is just “more than likely” and not “beyond a reasonable doubt” right? I mean it’s still very damning but he has not (yet) been found guilty of the crime, just liable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) There is an important distinction of being "convicted" and "proven guilty" though. You can get off a conviction through multiple means, one being a mistrial and so on. I think there is no two ways about this after reading: A judge has now clarified that this is basically a legal distinction without a real-world difference. He says that what the jury found Trump did was in fact rape, as commonly understood. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Was there a criminal trial, that ended in one of these other ways? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) There is an important distinction of being "convicted" and "proven guilty" though. You can get off a conviction through multiple means, one being a mistrial and so on. I think there is no two ways about this after reading: A judge has now clarified that this is basically a legal distinction without a real-world difference. He says that what the jury found Trump did was in fact rape, as commonly understood. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Was there a criminal trial, that ended in one of these other ways? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Was there a criminal trial, that ended in one of these other ways? permalink fedilink source parent