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In legal tradition, if there's not a law you broke, you can't be prosecuted for it. (Yes, I'm aware of numerous historical exceptions. Those exceptions are tra
by cynicalkane 1mo ago
In legal tradition, if there's not a law you broke, you can't be prosecuted for it.
(Yes, I'm aware of numerous historical exceptions. Those exceptions are traditionally considered not ideal.)
- dragonwriter 1mo ago> In legal tradition, if there's not a law you broke, you can't be prosecuted for it. That’s incorrect. If there is not a law the prosecutor or plaintiff can point to and say you broke, you can’t be prosecuted. We wouldn’t need much legal process after a prosecution was initiated if it was impossible to prosecute without a law actually being broken.