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Nope, your quote is irrelevant, and it's "one and the same" besides. Why do you think people are pronounced "guilty" or "not guilty"?
by workinthehead 8y ago
Nope, your quote is irrelevant, and it's "one and the same" besides. Why do you think people are pronounced "guilty" or "not guilty"?
- coding123 8y agoIn a civil suit there is no guilty party. There may be a liable party.
- workinthehead 8y agoWe aren't talking about civil suits though, are we?
- coding123 8y agoUnless you're talking about something else, a lawsuit is a civil suit, at least in the united states.
- workinthehead 8y agoYou're the only one here talking about civil suits. The rest of us were having a fairly intelligent conversation about guilty verdicts. I suggest you read more closely before you contribute next time.
- Retric 8y agoActually, because you can't be retried for the same crime you are in a very meaningful way declared though not found innocent. A hung trial is closer in meaning to not being found guilty or innocent. Arguably, a semantic difference does apply in that you may still be found liable in a civil case. However, civil cases don't declare people guilty only liable.
- workinthehead 8y agoThat's just your opinion, and given you're not even a lawyer, it's worth about as much as the latest Ethereum ICO.