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> That's extremely unlikely -- it would have been prosecuted previously otherwise. This sounds like the legal equivalent of the joke about the two economists w
by bart_spoon 6y ago
> That's extremely unlikely -- it would have been prosecuted previously otherwise.
This sounds like the legal equivalent of the joke about the two economists who find a $20 bill on the ground. One asks "Is that a $20 bill?" The other says, "Couldn't be. If it was, someone would have picked it up by now", and they move on.
- shadowgovt 6y agoIn some cases, an injustice goes long-standing because nobody bothers to litigate it. But the far more common scenario is that it's been litigated and the counter-argument found wanting.