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sword_smithtoday at 5:39 AM1 replyview on HN

Sure. If you accept that we give up on equality before the law, one might be prosecutable and the other not.

Some of us prefer not to give up on that though.


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bawolfftoday at 5:43 AM

You dont have to give up equality under the law, you just have to accept that there is a lot more that goes into a prosecution than the act. Were witnesses cooperative and credible, what was the intent, what was context.

I dont know the specifics of this case. Maybe there was a miscarriage of justice. But just the fact the acts are the same doesn't show that. There is a lot more factors to consider.

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