Re:Where the Sidewalk Ends: The Death of the Internet
by ryan-c on Sunday October 30, 2022 @08:24PM
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This is either a bad faith argument, or extremely naive.
Setting aside the question of whether social consequences should be held to the standard of "beyond a reasonable doubt", lack of visible prosecution does not mean lack of crime.
The legal system can be very slow for complicated crimes with unclear jurisdiction, if it even moves at all. Sometimes, the authorities just don't care, or don't understand the crime.
I assisted with a complicated criminal case, the indictments took two years, and that was considered extremely fast. Prosecutors had to be educated. Subpoenas had to be issued. Evidence had to be seized and analyzed. Etc.
Setting aside the question of whether social consequences should be held to the standard of "beyond a reasonable doubt", lack of visible prosecution does not mean lack of crime.
The legal system can be very slow for complicated crimes with unclear jurisdiction, if it even moves at all. Sometimes, the authorities just don't care, or don't understand the crime.
I assisted with a complicated criminal case, the indictments took two years, and that was considered extremely fast. Prosecutors had to be educated. Subpoenas had to be issued. Evidence had to be seized and analyzed. Etc.