• Bigmouse@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Legally, it can be explained quite easily. Civil liability must only rise to the standard of “preponderance of the evidence”, meaning something like ‘more likely than not’. A criminial conviction however, must rise to the standard of “beyond reasonable doubt”. That’s the difference.

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        I get that. I just don’t understand why the public prosecutor’s office didn’t at least try. But hey, maybe they will later on. I guess we will have to wait and see.