• Alaknár@sopuli.xyz
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      1 day ago

      Of course you do!

      For example: Kevin Spacey was accused of A LOT of heinous shit and in at least one case the charges were so ridiculous that HE got awarded recompense by the court.

      Then you have THIS. Just in 2010s you have 28 cases of people wrongfully convicted (convicted - they went to prison while being innocent)!

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          16 hours ago

          He was deemed not guilty in every single court case that wasn’t thrown out, and the majority of the cases were thrown out.

          Considering Bill Cosby and Harvey Weinstein were convicted at roughly the same time, and how both of them had much higher wealth/influence than Spacey, there’s a high chance that Spacey is actually innocent if he went free.

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            He was deemed not guilty in every single court case that wasn’t thrown out, and the majority of the cases were thrown out.

            Back to my original point. Settling out of court (for $15-25 million) is very far from a not guilty verdict.

            Spacey also settled out of court against 3 men in London and was found guilty of breaking house of cards sexual harassment rules.