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On 07/10/16 16:27, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 11:13 AM, Nick Vinson <nvinson234@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> Criminal Case. The defendant may appeal a guilty verdict, but the |
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>> government may not appeal if a defendant is found not guilty. Either |
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>> side in a criminal case may appeal with respect to the sentence that is |
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>> imposed after a guilty verdict. |
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>> Source: http://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/types-cases/appeals |
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>> So in short, if you are found not-guilty in a lower court it's over. |
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>> There's nothing more the US government can do. |
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> Well, the US government does lots of dumb things... :) |
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> However, verdicts generally aren't issued by a judge in the US. |
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> They're usually issued by juries, and this is part of why they're not |
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> appealable. We don't really have juries in Gentoo. I'm not convinced |
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> having them would make things better. |
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Whilst I respect that Gentoo is incorporated and governed chiefly by the |
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laws of New Mexico, given our global appeal, we should be open to |
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adopting policies that reflect our international appeal and user and |
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membership. Not that every single countries' different legal procedures |
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should be debated and considered, but we can pick and choose those |
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elements that reflect the values of the Gentoo developers, trustees and |
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users, to make a representative and useful framework under which to operate. |
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