• MourningDove@lemmy.zip
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    8 hours ago

    So, there’s a thing in law that’s called “precedent”.

    If you allow accusations to be accepted as legal proof of a thing, the floodgates open to allow this precedent to be applied to ALL things.

    We don’t like our boss? Let’s all accuse him of rape! Boom! Prison.

    We don’t like the head of our HOA? Let’s all accuse her of embezzlement! Boom! Prison!

    There’s a reason proof is required. And it protects everyone. Even the bad guys.

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      At least 28 women/girls have come forward, and he has been convicted of rape and bragged about taking advantage of women, his best friend ran an industry of rape, how much more do you fucking need? Stop defending a rapist.

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        That’s certainly proof of character, but it’s not evidence. There’s no way you can frame this that doesn’t end in being thrown out of court without something substantial that puts him there and committing the act.

        Blood samples. Photographs, surveillance video, admission, etc… these things are proof.

        Prior convictions won’t count as evidence. But they help with m proof of character- which can only help the prosecution, but doesn’t close a case.

        Imagine if I didn’t like you and I got say, 28 people to accuse you of harassment here on lemmy. As a result, you get banned. Is that fair? Now, imagine you DID harass me and 27 other people. As a result you get banned. Is that fair?

        If you’re honest, you’d answer no to the first, and yes to the second.

        And that is why we don’t allow accusations to serve as proof.