• yt_deliveries@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      | part of the law.

      We’re not in a court of law here. Even then, the standard is “beyond a reasonable doubt”, and that only applies to criminal matters. With civil matters the standard is “the preponderance of evidence.”

      Outside of court proceedings, the standard is completely arbitrary and has been since, well, forever.

        • Meowoem@sh.itjust.works
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          Yes but the same is true in all of it, innocent until proven guilty is a legal thing not a social thing because it rests on the fact that the case is being tried - if I called you a smelly snail then you went to your mom and said I called you a smelly snail you wouldn’t expect her to say ‘well we have to act like he didn’t until it’s been tried in a court of law…’