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Re:Female Congressional Candidate Ends Run After Being Accus... by insickness on Saturday December 16, 2017 @06:28AM (#15939040)
> A financial settlement means that there was some basis to the allegations.

Absolutely not true. Being accused of misconduct can ruin a person's life and it can be better to settle rather than fight it. There are plenty of innocent people who have accepted plea bargains as well.

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Re:Female Congressional Candidate Ends Run After Being Accus... by mgiannopoulos on Saturday December 16, 2017 @06:38AM (#15939069)
Apple vs oranges. Being offered a financial settlement to drop a complaint is the exact opposite of accepting a plea bargain.
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Re:Female Congressional Candidate Ends Run After Being Accus... by tyingq on Saturday December 16, 2017 @06:53AM (#15939119)
They are both risk management decisions, so I don't get the "exact opposite" explanation. I suspect it cuts both ways. Some cases were buyouts for obvious bad behavior, and some cases were more like trumped up extortion. I don't know that there's a credible source for how often it's one vs the other.
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