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> Following the theft, Terpin filed a civil lawsuit against Truglia with the Los Angeles Superior court Request: can anyone help clarify why this needed to be
by reactspa 5y ago
> Following the theft, Terpin filed a civil lawsuit against Truglia with the Los Angeles Superior court
Request: can anyone help clarify why this needed to be civil and didn't qualify for criminal?
- paxys 5y agoIt may have qualified as a criminal case, but you as a citizen can't really do much to get the police, AG or a federal agency to devote their resources to it. Suing someone in a civil court is a pretty straightforward thing to do.
- paulpauper 5y agobecause the criminal has much higher burden of proof , requires charges to be pressed .
- reactspa 5y agoIt would seem like a failure of the justice system if they didn't consider that this met the criteria of a criminal case. Could have also helped set a lot of precedents to deter such crimes in future.