gingernate@lemmy.worldtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•The Golden Rule: He who has the gold makes the rules.
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7 months agoA conviction leads to sentencing (normally) in a criminal matter. A cival court is settling a cival matter, not a criminal one. Criminal courts convict you of a crime and sentence you to some kind of punishment. Cival courts can make you pay a fine, but not convict you of a crime.
Sure, he’s a rapist. But not a convicted rapist. That’s all that’s being said