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Re:Trump announces 100% tariffs on movies ‘produced in forei... by whizzter on Tuesday May 06, 2025 @08:57AM (#43904582)
You're right, I mostly mostly pointed out civil rather than criminal law differences since that was what I've gotten studies on and concerned myself with due to having a contracting business.

As for the mind-boggling verdicts those seem to more often stem from the politically appointed judges from the media reporting.

The plea deals part is interesting since it's been more frequently bought up to become legal in relation to combating the rising organized crime (but the perverse incentive problem seems to have kept those discussions from going further so far).

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Re:Trump announces 100% tariffs on movies ‘produced in forei... by carlosjobim on Tuesday May 06, 2025 @09:51AM (#43905124)
I think the most reasonable way is to offer a punishment discount -after- a guilty verdict for those criminals who offer to give up the bigger fish. Having a deal before that just seems wrong, for criminal cases.
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