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"Unless they can prove it was a specific bad actor" That's the opposite of the entire basis of the US criminal justice system. Innocent until proven guilty. Y
by yupper32 5y ago
"Unless they can prove it was a specific bad actor"
That's the opposite of the entire basis of the US criminal justice system. Innocent until proven guilty.
You need to prove it was them. Not have them prove it was another bad actor.
- 8note 5y agoYouve already been proven guilty by that point If you can prove somebody else was fully responsible, it goes to them
- mlyle 5y agoNo, it's not. There are affirmative defenses: things that can excuse you from criminal liability if you prove a certain set of facts. For instance, self defense is generally an affirmative defense: something that the defense must prove to avoid conviction, instead of something the prosecution must disprove.