The YouTube ban is un-American, wrong, and will backfire

Re:The YouTube ban is un-American, wrong, and will backfire by forgingahead on Sunday December 13, 2020 @09:34PM (#25412904)

Thanks for the link. This seems to prove the point though? The vast majority of official cases were dismissed on procedural issues (standing, filing in the "wrong" court, etc etc). You'll need to click through to each of the sources of why each case was dismissed, but the majority of linked cases seem like no decision was made on the facts presented, if they were allowed to be presented to begin with.

So if a crime is committed, but a judge refuses to hear it, did the crime not happen?

A dismissed case means that a lawsuit is closed with no finding of guilt and no conviction for the defendant in a criminal case by a court of law. Even though the defendant was not convicted, a dismissed case does not prove that the defendant is factually innocent for the crime for which he or she was arrested.[0]

https://www.recordgone.com/articles/definition-of-a-dismisse...

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Re:The YouTube ban is un-American, wrong, and will backfire by 8note on Sunday December 20, 2020 @08:46PM (#25491333)

Huh? You're innocent until you've been proven guilty. While the case is ongoing, you're still innocent. You aren't proven to be not guilty, sure, but you're still innocent

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Re:The YouTube ban is un-American, wrong, and will backfire by forgingahead on Saturday December 26, 2020 @09:11AM (#25543554)

Like I said - if you're not given due process, did the crime not occur? Or did you not get justice because of a corrupt institution? The discussion is about getting the evidence judged on its merits (or lack thereof), which has not happened in this case, and looks unlikely to happen at this rate.

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