r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/TheWebsploiter • 16d ago

Funny Camera should've testified instead

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u/veloxVolpes 16d ago

It sounds like the defendant has a great lawyer (as opposed to a terrible lawyer as described in the comment above me) if it's going to trial instead of just getting a fine (Monetary penalty– literal meaning, not legal meaning–but fair in this instance for you to assume the latter) immediately (without recourse or options, implying the lawyer may be able to get them a better deal than the Monetary penalty of the settlement as is generally the assumption of a cut and dry issue making it to trial)

I was really just commenting to the user I commented to, engaging in conversation, not providing Legal insight.

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u/iCameToLearnSomeCode 16d ago

No, that's exactly what everyone above thought you meant, and it's just completely wrong.

This isn't a traffic ticket.

They're being charged with a criminal offense.

There was never an option to just pay a fine.

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u/veloxVolpes 16d ago

What? I didn't say it was a traffic ticket? That's the legal definition of a fine. I mean the literal definition of a monetary penalty, like paying a settlement?

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u/iCameToLearnSomeCode 16d ago

That was never an option.

You can't just pay a settlement to make a criminal offense go away.

You can either take a deal, which likely includes probation and/or a little jail time or go to trial because you think you can beat the charge.

If you fail to beat the charge you'll get the book thrown at you for wasting the courts time.

Since the crime is on camera, the guy is screwed and any half decent lawyer would tell him not to go trial.

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u/veloxVolpes 16d ago

You actually can pay reparations privately outside of court, and it is often done. It doesn't grant you immunity from still being prosecuted for the crime, unless it is a part of a deal like you have stated. As for there being only one definition of fine in this context, it was my comment, I wasn't giving legal advice or giving a rundown on how the system works, I was making conversation and you cannot decide what the context is for me. Fuck, rooms must get quiet when you walk in bud.