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Lawyers drafting indictments directly related to a technical subject should have them proof read by someone with knowledge of that subject.

• vkou 5y ago
  Which is excellent advice - and unless you're both a lawyer, and familiar with the conventions of this particular bit of law, you probably shouldn't make any assumptions about what should, and should not be written in this kind of indictment. Because you don't have knowledge of the subject. The subject at hand being the law.
  • vba616 5y ago
    Have you ever tried to explain associativity of boolean operators to a person with a law degree?
    • vkou 5y ago
      No, but I have tried to explain to a number of very intelligent people that their CS degree does not make them a legal expert.
      • vba616 5y ago
        Nobody ever asks programmers to provide legal opinions. On the other hand, understanding formal logic is of practical value in the legal industry; I was thinking of building searches to find electronic documents which is a real thing that (clueless) people (try to) do. Seems to me like it could potentially be very high stakes, at least in hindsight if you screw it up. I don't know if boolean logic is or used to be part of a law school curriculum. It just seems to me a bit surprising if it isn't.
  • softwarebeware 5y ago
    Oh come on! This isn't a legal document. It's a press release.