Analysis | Judge clarifies: Yes, Trump was found to have raped E. Jean Carroll
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What the jury found Donald Trump did to E. Jean Carroll was in fact rape, as commonly understood, even if it didn't fit New York law's narrow definition, says Judge Lewis A. Kaplan.

All the news headlines and verdict said sexual abuse, which was kind of vague, but I just found out today that the judge clarified that this was a matter of legal definition and by the verdict of the trial and the case, trump has been found guilty of penetrative rape.

  • Kepabar@startrek.websiteEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Yes we go by preponderance of evidence.

    Essentially it’s ‘whoever you Believe more’ in civil cases, which is significantly lower than 'beyond a reasonable doubt ’ we use for criminal trials.

    • CroquetteEnglish
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      1 year ago

      There is also the notion that is not all or nothing depending on the proof for and against a defendant. You can ask for X amount, but only get X-Y because the proof against the defendant weren’t enough to grant all the X amount.

      In criminal court, you are either guilty or not and then, if you are guilty, you can have factors that reduces or lengthen the sentence.