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Re:Google avoids jury trial by sending $2.3M check to US Gov... by olliej on Saturday June 08, 2024 @09:47PM (#40621422)
Right, so next time I commit a crime and am caught all I have to do is pay the “cost” of the crime. That’s why when you’re caught shoplifting all you have to do is go back to the checkout and pay and there are no further consequences.
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Re:Google avoids jury trial by sending $2.3M check to US Gov... by lenkite on Saturday June 08, 2024 @11:52PM (#40621897)
Depending on where you are doing the shoplifting and how much is being lifted, you needn't pay and there aren't any further consequences.
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Re:Google avoids jury trial by sending $2.3M check to US Gov... by gundmc on Sunday June 09, 2024 @01:02AM (#40622172)
No, you're completely missing what is happening here. Paying the damages just removes the government's ability to demand a trial _by jury_. The trial is still proceeding with exactly the same charges, it will just be decided by a judge - like how every other antitrust case over the past 40 years has been.
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Re:Google avoids jury trial by sending $2.3M check to US Gov... by ratorx on Sunday June 09, 2024 @01:07AM (#40622192)
Doesn’t seem like a fair comparison. The article states that the payment is to make the case a non-jury trial, not avoid the trial entirely.
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