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Posted by Justin on 10/06/14 11:48
Bratboy wrote on [Thu, 25 May 2006 09:44:23 -0600]:
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> "jmcgill" <jmcgill@email.arizona.edu> wrote in message
> news:tSidg.5915$_c1.899@fed1read05...
>> Rich wrote:
>>> The question is, why is this a civil lawsuit and not a criminal
>>> investigation of the MPAA?
>>
>> Perhaps the evidence is not to the standard that would be necessary to
>> persuade an Attorney General to take action.
>>
>> It is FAR easier to press a civil suit. In some states, you can make a
>> civil suit, even if your claims are completely preposterous. Sure, your
>> case will probably be thrown out, but you will get the first hearing.
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> Yeah, sort of like all thee criminal trials where the person is found
> innocent but then they get sued in Civil Court over same issues. Like
> happened with OJ and the other more recent case, I cant think of the guys
> name right now. In both cases tho they were found innocent of charge of
> Murder but then OJ lost everything in a civil suit over the same issue. The
> judicial system has never made sense to me, if your found innocent then that
> should be it not get a second shot
OJ wasn't found innocent. He was found Not Guilty beyond a reasonable
doubt for the criminal act. He was found Guilty by the civil system for
wrongful death. Reasonable doubt plays a much smaller part in the civil
system.
The other guy you are thinking of is the Blake guy.
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