Re:How the Flash Crash Trader’s $50M Fortune Vanished
by twinkletwinkle on Friday February 10, 2017 @12:53PM
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Same way we decide everything, a sitting judge or a jury of your peers.
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Re:How the Flash Crash Trader’s $50M Fortune Vanished
by gt2 on Friday February 10, 2017 @02:23PM
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I know it's a common sentiment that "You can sue anyone for anything".
But is it a common sentiment that you can be charged with anything by a district attorney?
Re:How the Flash Crash Trader’s $50M Fortune Vanished
by alasdair_ on Friday February 10, 2017 @04:39PM
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>But is it a common sentiment that you can be charged with anything by a district attorney?
Pretty much. If you piss them off enough, or if they are trying to get elected to something else and think you are a good way to do it, then yes, they will charge you with something and keep going at it. (See: Aaron Schwartz).
Re:How the Flash Crash Trader’s $50M Fortune Vanished
by twinkletwinkle on Friday February 10, 2017 @07:22PM
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It's not "anything", it's "intent to defraud". The prosecutor needs to provide a minimum standard of evidence to bring charges, they don't need to prove intent (to hear the case). The rest is like I said.